Quote Originally Posted by JT Clark View Post
what would you say regarding the use of the 'get out of jail free card' (aka "terrorism") in order to justify the blatant use of signing statements over and above that envisaged by the founders of the Constitution?
pushy President trying to gain more executive elbow room in opposition to an equally pushy Congress trying as always to assert itself; that it all gets sorted out reasonably well and that the whole topic has little or nothing to do with small wars, large wars or warfare in general -- and thus is a topic for a political blog.

This is not a political blog.