Monday, January 4, 2010

The Constitutional Crisis and the Security Crisis by Andrew C. McCarthy on National Review Online

The Constitutional Crisis and the Security Crisis by Andrew C. McCarthy on National Review Online

1 comment:

Derek Reeve said...

The Constitution gives the political branches plenary responsibility for the conduct of war. The conduct of war includes the detention, trial, or release of enemy combatants. The federal courts have no role except the one they have usurped. This brazen power grab flouts the bedrock constitutional separation of powers, and the political branches do not have to abide it. Indeed, as national defense is their chief responsibility, it is their duty not to abide it