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In reply to the discussion: I'm astonished so many DUers are cool with ending Habeas Corpus [View all]DissedByBush
(3,342 posts)You need to read again. The two are entirely separate.
"And is the reason I never supported any candidate, such as Hillary, who voted for it.
Then you're going to find it hard to vote for anyone. Only one representative in the entirety of Congress voted against it. There was no fierce opposition by the left at the time.
You remain confused. Bush tried hard to confuse the issue of Iraq with the issue of terrorists in order to justify the invasion, and it seems you are now incapable of keeping the two separate.
And, in the end, whether right or wrong, it is absolutely constitutional.
Too many people think "I don't like it" makes something unconstitutional. They, including you, are wrong.
The only constitutional issue in this whole mess is that the Congress must authorize offensive military action, that the President can't do it unilaterally. Congress has expressly given its authorization, like it or not.
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