The Left, patriotism, and threats to the constitutionalorder

[Paul Finkelman]

I think David makes an important point here, although some might argue 
that WWII was real war, declared by Congress, and involving a real enemy 
that atacked us.  The nation knew why we were at war, Congress declared 
war, and the president did not change his reason for going to war every 
few months.  Iraq seems different.   

DavidEBernstein at aol.com wrote:

> I'm just wondering how many of you secesssion fans think that there 
> should have been secession during WWII, when FDR claimed far broader 
> presidential powers than Bush has ever claimed, and in fact sent the 
> AG to tell the USSC that he was going to execute the conspirators in 
> the Quirin case regardless of what the USSC held in that case?  And 
> let's not even get started on Woodrow Wilson... I sense a distinct 
> lack of historical perspective here.
>  
> In a message dated 1/28/2006 9:06:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> mschor at suffolk.edu writes:
>
>     If love of a quasi-mystical sense of country and not love of
>     constitutional principles now binds the nation together, then
>     President Bush has little to fear when he claims that no law
>     limits his mandate to protect our nation.
>
>  
> David E. Bernstein
> Visiting Professor
> University of Michigan School of Law
> Professor
> George Mason University School of Law
> http://mason.gmu.edu/~dbernste
>
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