June 22, 2011
Last week President Obama said he
does not need congressional authorization for his three-month-old
intervention in Libya's civil war because America's role there
falls short of "hostilities." By rejecting the Office of Legal
Counsel's advice to the contrary, says Senior Editor Jacob Sullum,
Obama sent the clearest signal yet that he is no more inclined than
his predecessor to obey the law.
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