Mike Malloy - Where Is This Filthy Stinking Useless US Congress?

[hschulein]

With the war on ISIL exploding into Syria, President Barack Obama has yet to explain why he has the constitutional authority to wage it in the first place. Two weeks ago, anonymous White House sources claimed that Obama’s new initiative was covered by old congressional authorizations for military campaigns against Al Qaeda in 2001 and Saddam Hussein in 2002. But these initial efforts at justification provoked a chorus of professional criticism coming from all points of the political spectrum.

The administration has responded with silence. Neither the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel nor the White House Counsel has issued a serious legal opinion presenting its side of the argument. This represents a profound breach of the rule of law. Worse yet, Congress’ failure to address the constitutional issues during its regular session threatens to create a legal vacuum which only the courts will be in a position to resolve. Unless extraordinary steps are taken, the result will be the worst of all possible worlds, in which a problematic Supreme Court decision only exacerbates the ongoing crisis of constitutional legitimacy.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/09/worst-of-all-possible-worlds-111270.html#ixzz3EJyXccS2

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HERNAN
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[merrily]

1. Let's see. I've heard that the 2001 AUMF against all

responsible for the attack on the WTC still works because ISIS is an offshoot of Al Qaeda.

Of course, recently, there was a movement from the WH to do away with the AUMF on the ground that it was no longer needed. Also a recent statement from Obama that IS was only the "jv" of Al Qaeeda.

I've also heard that the CIC has inherent authority to use military force, which is very dangerous and long-standing lie, in my opinion. War is so profound that I don't believe the Framers entrusted the war power to Congress and just winked and/or shrugged when it came to drafting Article II.