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To: Ilaine who wrote (132287)8/13/2005 8:01:05 PM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793782
 
I don't think suspension of habeas corpus is relevant to the discussion, really

If you're getting all hot and sweaty about "martial law", which you certainly seem to be, sure it is.

"Plenary" is a fancy word meaning "pretty much any damn well thing he pleases."

So this has been a nice prance around the rosebush to get to something you already knew. I had a girlfriend like that once. Didn't keep her very long.

Derek



To: Ilaine who wrote (132287)8/14/2005 11:25:16 AM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793782
 
The simple fact is that, under the Constitution, the President has plenary powers to wage war as the Commander in Chief.

Quite wrong. Not at all plenary.

There are statutes which circumscribe the President's authority to use violence and there is, of course, the power of Congress to refuse to fund a war it does not want to see waged.


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