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Originally posted by fintstone
"The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States;"
It is amazing how folks seem to be able to read almost anything they want into the Constitution. Actually, he is Commander in Chief for the Army and Navy of the United States all of the time...and the Commander in Chief of the militia (National Guard) when they are called into the actual service of the United States, just as it says.
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Indeed, it is interesting. Remove the dependent clause which leaves the rest of the sentence (the independent clause) and this is what is left:
"The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States when called into the actual service of the United States;". See how easy that is.
My point is that my discussion of an alternative view of that section of Article II is more in line with the founders intentions than what we have now, wouldn't you say?