Screw the constitution and, as long as we're at it, to hell with the separation of powers

read this very carefully...

The unconstitutional intervention by the Supreme Court in Hamdan could have been handled by Congress and the President in another way. Under Article III, Section 2, Congress could have reasserted our clearly defined authority to limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, and to grant jurisdiction to any inferior court of our choosing, as expressed in the very plain language of the Detainee Treatment Act. If we had not been a nation at war, a nation urgently concerned about protecting our citizens from attack, Congress may well have advised the Court of their unconstitutional intervention and the Court’s obstruction of the ability of the Commander in Chief to protect America from our enemies and ignored the Court’s decision. The necessities of war won out over the separation of powers, and for the first time, the Supreme Court is engaged in setting parameters in warfighting beyond our national borders.

the above utterly astounding comment was delivered yesterday in a speech in the united states house of representatives by representative steve king, a republican from iowa...

(thanks to kagro x at the next hurrah...)

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