That We Need Reminding

So today in South Carolina, US District Judge Henry F. Floyd wrote,

[Floyd/Padilla v. Hanft]: Certainly Respondent does not intend to argue here that, just because the President states that Petitioner's detention is 'consistent with the laws of the United States, including the Authorization for Use of Military Force' that makes it so. Not only is such a statement in direct contravention to the well settled separation of powers doctrine, it is simply not the law.

It is a sad commentary on the state of our nation that we should need reminding.

(Hat tip: The Left Coaster)

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