Posted on 08/17/2018 6:09:10 AM PDT by C19fan
Let’s begin with two assertions that should, at least, be relatively uncontroversial. First, Article II of the United States Constitution grants the president broad authority to defend the nation as commander in chief of its armed forces. Second, that authority is not so broad as to always override individual constitutional rights whenever the president deems the two to be in conflict.
To take an extreme example, while the president clearly can exercise great control over the standards for entry into and promotion within the military, no one would credibly argue that he can ban recruits from the opposing party. While the president clearly can exercise great control over who receives a security clearance, he could not revoke clearances from all Democrats on the grounds that the #Resistance was too pervasive in the party’s ranks.
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Since when is there a Constitutional right to a security clearance?
You hooked that red herring right outta my fingers :-)
> Since when is there a Constitutional right to a security
> clearance?
That was exactly my question!
Especially when he’s using the Top Secret clearance as leverage to acquire credibility to aggrandize himself to hostile, anti-American media.
It was (at least in the past) uncontroversial that active members of the Communist Party would not be eligible for security clearances. The Democrat party is steadily being taken over by communists.
Not really. You may question the President's motivation for revoking it but it's well within his Constitutional powers as president to order it revoked.
“”””””””””’Since when is there a Constitutional right to a security clearance?””””””””””””””
Apparently you have never read the Constitution. The right to a security clearance by private citizens is on the same page that says abortion is a right.
The reason they are squealing like pigs is because they are trying limit it to Brennan. The are terrified Trump will pull the plug on the rest of em.
I just love it when Trump gives the Libs a hissy fit (which is at least every other day).
Which he should have done long ago.
It’s hard to believe these people are so tone deaf and lacking in self awareness. What would it take for them to come back to any kind of mutually shared reality?
If your initial premise is that POTUS is every bad thing rolled into one you don’t have access to conventional logic. The emotional rigidity seems to paralyze their ability to reality test.
I’m trying to remember which part of the bill of rights gives you the right to a security clearance. LOL!
That 1st amendment argument is hard to grapple with because it is so completely stupid. Where can you start?
And taking to to court so a judge can rule second guess Trump’s Constitutional authority? Screw the judge. We voted for Trump to make the decisions, not the freaking judges.
There will come a time when Trump will have to tell the judges what Andrew Jackson did.
No, Revoking John Brennan’s Security Clearance Raises Zero Constitutional Concerns
Yes they are. Every time I think about what's coming my grin gets a little wider. All of those security clearances on the investigation list are TOAST.
That’s right, he should have done it 1/21/17.
What's it all about, anyway?
When you fall off the logic train in your first paragraph, your article is clearly going nowhere.
Perhaps our crypto-communist, Muslim-convert, ex-CIA chief would be a good fit on N.R.’s editorial board.
I never heard of David French until the 2016 Election. He was a NeverTrumper who preferred Hillary.
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