tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007315319769344706.post3936501621928302301..comments2011-06-19T01:26:40.115-04:00Comments on Living, Learning, and Loving the Law.: Now that I've had time to think about the world...Bridgetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709723619816973092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007315319769344706.post-8380207174514052942008-05-24T11:47:00.000-04:002008-05-24T11:47:00.000-04:00Yeah, I don't know where the accountability is. M...Yeah, I don't know where the accountability is. Maybe it's because it's been so recent that the law students that have learned about this aren't high enough in the system to say something about it. Or maybe they forgot, it was a very short unit within the whole of Constitutional Law, it just stuck in my mind because this stuff has made me angry since the beginning, so whenever I learn something new it just feeds that fire.Bridgetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709723619816973092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007315319769344706.post-90272386540221560782008-05-24T10:19:00.000-04:002008-05-24T10:19:00.000-04:00Wow, I almost don't even know what to say as a com...Wow, I almost don't even know what to say as a comment here. I feel completely ignorant at this moment because I had not a clue about the WPR. It was definitely an eye opener to read your recounting of how it should work and to realize that it isn't. You can't be the first law student to have learned about this so where is the accountablity? How come no one has called the President out on this yet? I wonder every day how this entire situation got so far out of hand and I think you nailed it right here:<BR/><BR/><I>Meanwhile, if we were actually being attacked, the President would be permitted to respond without a declaration from Congress, but that response would not be the beginning of a war unless Congress said so. It would be for the purpose of neutralizing the threat. So the point was supposed to be that without that declaration, actual WAR would not happen once the threat was neutralized.</I><BR/><BR/>There is no way to actually determine when the threat is neutralized because "terror" will always exist in some way shape or form so the President has actually created his own loophole that will allow him to continue to send military to fight forever if he desired. I am looking into this more deeply, thanks for the eye opener.CSD Faux Finishinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05947691876538206892noreply@blogger.com