Mark Levin Is A Moron

Ken AshfordConstitution, Right Wing Punditry/Idiocy1 Comment

Publius beat me to it.  I was going to post the exact same thing:

Mark Levin, NRO:

Congress and the Court are systematically stripping the presidency of war-making powers. Congress demands that the president get court approval before intercepting enemy communications (we call that intelligence gathering) and the Court demands that the president get statutory support from Congress before he can use military tribunals to try terrorists.

And yet, neither Congress nor the Supreme Court have any explicit constitutional authority to make these decisions.

United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8:

The Congress shall have power . . .

To constitute tribunals
inferior to the Supreme Court;

To define and punish
piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;

To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;

To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;