The Battle Over War Powers

Paul Findley and Don Fraser, supporters of the 1973 War Powers Act, defend the law against House Joint Resolution 53 which would basically supplant it... I concur with them that the Baker-Christopher proposal is basically one giant loophole but the idea that "the War Powers Act of 1973 is basically sound" and applies meaningful restraints to a president like Bush, equipped with legal acrobats like John Yoo and David Addington, is equally pathetic, and just as hopelessly and risibly naive. According to Findley and Fraser, the War Powers Act "remains an important measure to sustain the rule of law." The Bush administration has left a rule of law to be sustained? News to me.