A thought about war and presidents

“We have long since made clear that a state of war is not a blank check for the President when it comes to the rights of the Nation’s citizens.”
— Sandra Day O’Connor

The U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote the majority decision in the 2004 case Hamdi v. Rumsfeld. The decision came when an American president was under fire for war in the Middle East, and citizens were furious with a government accused of ignoring due process for citizens.

It does feel a bit timely.