Fred on The SCOTUS Takeover of the War
Fred Thompson, on the Supreme Court’s latest decision:
In reading the majority opinion I am struck by the utter waste that is involved here. No, not the waste of military resources and human life, although such a result is tragically obvious. I refer to the waste of all those years these justices spent in law school studying how adherence to legal precedent is the bedrock of the rule of law, when it turns out, all they really needed was a Pew poll, a subscription to the New York Times, and the latest edition of “How to Make War for Dummies.”
I said it before, but it’s worth my saying again. It is impossible to determine just how widely the repercussions of this decision will be felt, nor for how long. What is clear is that the way the United States wages war has fundamentally changed, and not at all for the better.
RTWT, as the hip kids say on the internet these days.
Other Posts of Interest:
- SCOTUS Says that You and the Islamists are All the Same to the Constitution
- Justice Kennedy Has Decided that He’s Going to Run Things for a While.
- Is “Never Again” a Precondition?
Category: Fighting the Islamists, The Long War Here At Home
