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The U.S. intervention in Libya's civil war, intervention that began with a surplus of confusion about capabilities and a shortage of candor about objectives, is now taking a toll on the rule of law. In a bipartisan cascade of hypocrisies, a liberal president, with the collaborative silence of most congressional conservatives, is traducing the War Powers Resolution. Enacted in 1973 over President Nixon's veto, the WPR may or may not be wise. It is, however, unquestionably a law, and Barack Obama certainly is violating it. It stipulates that a president must terminate military action 60 days after initiating it (or 90, if the president "certifies" in writing an "unavoidable military necessity" respecting the safety of U.S. forces), unless Congress approves it. Congress has been supine and...
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The U.S. intervention in Libya's civil war, intervention that began with a surplus of confusion about capabilities and a shortage of candor about objectives, is now taking a toll on the rule of law. In a bipartisan cascade of hypocrisies, a liberal president, with the collaborative silence of most congressional conservatives, is traducing the War Powers Resolution. Enacted in 1973 over President Nixon's veto, the WPR may or may not be wise. It is, however, unquestionably a law, and Barack Obama certainly is violating it. It stipulates that a president must terminate military action 60 days after initiating it (or 90, if the president "certifies" in writing an "unavoidable military necessity" respecting the safety of U.S. forces), unless Congress approves it. Congress has been ...
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WASHINGTON The U.S. intervention in Libya's civil war, intervention that began with a surplus of confusion about capabilities and a shortage of candor about objectives, is now taking a toll on the rule of law. In a bipartisan cascade of hypocrisies, a liberal president, with the collaborative silence of most congressional conservatives, is traducing the War Powers Resolution (WPR).
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On Jan. 20, Barack Obama took the presidential Oath of Office, swearing once again to uphold and defend the Constitution. Just five days later, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously ruled that his appointing members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) defied the checks and balances enshrined in the very document he promised to protect. The court ruled that the president ignored his constitutional obligation to seek the Senate's advice and consent by filling these posts when the Senate was in session. Later that day, the administration doubled down on its strategy to ignore constitutional limits on the executive branch by turning a blind eye to the court's ruling. The NLRB essentially told the court to go pound sand, saying it would continue ...
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Item 1: Stanford athletes had an "easy-class list" to advise them how to fill out their quarterly course loads. Item 2: Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel failed to notify school officials when he found out some of his players had sold memorabilia in exchange for cash and tattoos.
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Reports of American soldiers' atrocities against prisoners at Abu Ghraib, elsewhere in Iraq, and in Afghanistan have already eroded Americans' support for the Iraq war, emboldened opposition abroad to the "Bush Doctrine" of preemptive military action, and threatened the president's reelection campaign. Magarian shares his views on the danger of blindly trusting presidential and military judgment in conducting military affairs without any legal check or oversight.
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These days, we have an increasing number of politicians, sports champions and Hollywood icons who believe that they are , that normal standards don't apply to them. Tiger Woods just admitted to having believed that about himself, along with Gov. Elliot Spitzer and Sen. John Edwards. The votes of too many congressmen and senators are for sale, if the bribe is large enough! Is it any wonder that today's kids are confused and that suicide among them is on the rise? Could the lack of good role models, in addition to receiving poor teaching, explain why most of them drink alcohol and have sex younger and younger? They aren't born automatically knowing right from wrong and that bad decisions have consequences. They must be taught that each of them is a created person with a speci...
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CAIRO - Facing tenacious uprisings, the leaders of Syria, Libya and Yemen must have thought of their own possible fates when they saw their one-time peer Hosni Mubarak in a defendants cage, on trial for charges that could carry a death sentence. For the three authoritarian Arab leaders, the choices are limited: Cling to power at any cost, negotiate immunity or find a foreign haven.
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LODI, N.J. - A New Jersey police chief said no one is above the law - not even his wife. Lodi Police Chief Vincent Caruso ordered an officer to ticket his wife after she double-parked while dropping off their
