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Originally posted by Mulhollanddose
..."the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons."
I will wait with baited breath for proof.
You are right, Rodeo, as is FastPat. These powers can be abused and badly. It makes sense to let these powers die with the end of the Bush Administration. The problem with powers like this in the Democrats' hands is that the MSM is their propaganda arm, and so a true vetting of abuses cannot be expected...Just as we would not get an accurate read of a Democrat's abuses (albeit the motivation would differ), during a Democrat Presidency, we similarly must expect a warping of reality by the MSM during a Republican Presidency...This is what you see today. You see the MSM and their Democrat friends crying foul where they know there is no foul. They are doing this to regain power, no matter if it gives aid to America's enemies.
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Rodeo states, you're stating that the powers that appear to be granted in the above law, and I'm assuming that you are quoting and not posting an interpretation so common with propagandists, are constitutional and can be extended and removed by congress.
Congress cannot legitimately pass an unConstitutional law, if they do it carries no force of law. Yes, they do it all the time, and presidents act on them, but they're not legitimate law. If a power isn't listed in the Constitution, then neither congress nor the president is authorized to wield the power, period. Yes, that's an absolute. The Constitution created the federal government, the federal cannot act outside the Constitution without violating it.