Reply #122: I'm not ignoring the fact that the President 'can'. I'm saying it's stupid.

[msanthrope]

Look, the President of the United States can make any EO he wants.

But what you, and no single poster on this thread have managed to do is explain how it would survive a judicial challenge. That's something the Palm Center didn't dare address.

It's also why the study's lead author NOW supports legislative repeal as the initial vehicle of reform.



Oh--and please....reports co-authored by law professors, psychologists, and political science teachers, none of whom have ever had a military practice, aren't authoritative on this issue.

There's a reason why the Serviceman's Legal Defense Fund eviscerated this 'legal stratgery.'


Rather than tilting at windmills, find a legal strategy that works---have Congress repeal its own mess, and demand judicial deference. Which is what is happening---and which is what the lead author of your report now supports.