thomasn528
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    thomasn528 commented on the blog post New Year’s Eve News Dump: Obama Signs Defense Authorization Bill

    2011-12-31 14:34:42View | Delete

    You’re right to say much of this was practice already; what’s new is to have Congressional blessing, which (as I understand it) +/- immunizes these policies against one kind of challenge (exec. overreach) under the key SCOTUS Youngstown Sheet & Tube decision back in the 50s.

    As I write this the ad above my response is “2012 barackobama.com – Join Michelle and Tell Barack You’re In. Are You In?” No, I’m not.