1.0 link 69633 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-kaus/mukasey-flunks-grade-scho_b_69633.html A kafuffle has broken out between Yale Constitutional Law Professor Jed Rubenfeld and self-righteous right-wing blogger "Simon" over whether Attorney General nominee Michael B. Mukasey said (1) the president has the right to violate a Constitutional law if he believes that he is entitled to do so in the name of national security (Rubenfeld) or (2) the president has the power to ignore a statute as "unconstitutional" if the president justifies the violation under under Article II (Simon)....

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