Posted on 06/20/2011 11:33:46 AM PDT by ColdOne
President Obama overruled top Defense and Justice Dept. lawyers in his interpretation of legal authority to continue the U.S.’s role in the war in Libya, the New York Times reported late Friday citing sources familiar with the deliberations.
Obama chose to adopt the advice of senior members of his own legal team over top lawyers at the Pentagon and the Justice Dept., arguing that U.S. involvement in the NATO operation fell short of “hostilities,” which would have resulted in Obama having to seek congressional approval to continue American participation in the conflict.
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Psycho is going off the deep end. Sounds pretty much like a dictatorial policy to me.
Mrs. Prince of Space
The headline would be “Defiant Bush Ignores Defense, Justice Lawyers On War” instead of some watered down nothing like “Obama chooses own legal advice.”
Aww. What a nice,sweet, benign headline Politico put up for this blatant violation of the Constitution.
Goebbels smiles from below.
Palpable arrogance. He was probably stuned that the bloodthirsty JAGs didn’t back him up on committing to more armed interventions.
Argh.
Surprised I am not. He is always convinced that he is the smartest guy in the room anyway.
This will be his undoing in the end. Look for some really major monumental screw-ups between now and next November.
What do they say when you act as your own counsel?
You have a fool for a lawyer.
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