The Constitution Limits The President Even As "Commander IN Chief"

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Good one sent to me by a retired county attorney.

In sum, the arguments that all too many "conservative" media personalities typically put forward these days to infuse the Presidency with Fuhrer-like powers are the products of constitutional illiteracy. They are, however, not just nonsense, but extremely dangerous nonsense--because they will surely be trotted out in the future in support of a comprehensive police state that these same "conservatives" themselves will find most uncongenial, but as the result of their own efforts too deeply entrenched to oppose. Proving, once again, that "situation constitutionalism"--the notion that the Constitution may be creatively interpreted to fit some immediate political agenda, rather than all political agendas being required to square with the original intent of the Constitution--is a Sirens' song that will surely lure America's ship of state onto the rocks of destruction. And far sooner than most Americans imagine.

Read on:

http://www.newswithviews.com/Vieira/edwin32.htm