I was reading through the constitution and found myself asking a question.
We are all very familiar with the first part (or at least I hope so). The second part is a little less common but still very straight forward. The part that I'm interested in discussion is "make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water".Congress shall have the power... To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water...
My plain text understanding of this is that Congress gets to determined what is done with anything or anyone captured on land or sea. Assuming that why can't congress simply order the military to stop using secret prisons, torture, and holding prisoners indefinitely? In addition to that why can't the president be impeached for superseding congress's authority in this matter and thus violating constitutional law?
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