Hi Culpepper, I didn't leave out about the commander and chief??

Hi Shek, The way I feel right now about Congress I would not have a problem with it but I get your point.

Hi Marc, illegal orders, thats a good question. Here is my problem with the way everything has been worded it sounds as if the duties of the President are contained in a separate document as opposed to being part of the "higher standard" in this case the Constitution. I don't see them as being separated, they are all part of the same whole. That said I think the question of his issuing legal or illegal orders would have been solved in a large part if we had a debate "before a war" and if Congress issued a formal Declaration of War to include proper manning,money,equipment and so forth as was done in WW2.