In War, It's Power to the President

Washington Post ^ | 11/20/2001 | Dana Milbank

[dirtboy]

Why would that make a difference?

It makes a lot of difference, bucko, in determining the validity of a journalist's criticisms.

Does Dana Milbank's hypocrisy excuse your hypocrisy?

Once again, knock off the abusive posts.

Freepers called for impeachment (rightfully so) over Clinton's perjury. What if Clinton had signed this EO? What would you have said then?

I would have examined the circumstances - we were never at war during the Clinton Administration, so it's a moot point. But there is historical precedent for these actions, and this is a serious national emergency. The important step is to confine these actions to actual foreign terrorists. If these actions are expanded, then I will oppose them.

[Hunble]

[xzins]

Besides being rude, you are an idiot.

If lawyers can find a "right to abortion" in the constitution, they can certainly UPDATE the intent of the word "reprisal."

What....you having a bad hair day? Or are you always a jerk?

[backup]

In addition to the Constitution, we also have precedent - namely Licoln's action during the Civil War - and the courts will look back to that action and uphold what Bush is doing now.

Don't mean to butt in, but the Supreme Court slapped Lincoln's heiny in the 1865 Merryman decision. Chief Justice Taney ruled that the President has no authority whatsoever to suspend habeus corpus -- only the legislature may. Shortly after the decision, Congress passed a statute suspending the writ in some cases.

[ladyinred]

Someone needs to seize power from Congress and the judicial branch. We are at war, and this is no time to play around with partisan politics like the dems in congress keep trying. Whiney article, WP.
The President of the US is constitutionally the Commander and Chief of the Armed Forces, therefore these decisions are his, and he should be able to make them.

[p23185]

the link goes nowhere - has it been pulled?

[p23185]

Every thing he has done to date in this operation is as the Commander In Chief of the armed forces NOT, as president.

You are so right and this is a point totally missed by the MSM and their general masses of public listers and readers.

[p23185]

The President of the US is constitutionally the Commander and Chief of the Armed Forces, therefore these decisions are his, and he should be able to make them.

There is a reason the founders did not allow the Congress to execute a war - they would have micromanaged it into a loss. The CIC is the only one authorized to execute the war once Congress has authorized and funded such.