Sunday, March 27, 2022

The Supreme Court splits on whether Joe Biden is commander-in-chief - Vox

…As Justice Brett Kavanaugh explained in a brief opinion laying out why the lower court erred, this court "in effect inserted itself into the Navy's chain of command, overriding military commanders' professional military judgments." Had the Court ruled the other way in SEALs, it would have effectively placed itself at the apex of the military's chain of command, displacing Biden as commander-in-chief. 

But as Kavanaugh correctly notes in his concurring opinion, there is a long line of Supreme Court precedents establishing that courts should be exceedingly reluctant to interfere with military affairs…


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