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HappySqurriel said:
Jackson50 said:
halogamer1989 said:

Montana see my edited section in ref 2 the Const.  As 4 any President's use of czars (Rep or Dem) as policy dept heads not ok'd by Cong I am against it.  I am a strict constructionalist.

A strict constructionist who supports the war in Iraq? Hmm...

It what way does the war in Iraq violate the constitution?

I never said it violated the Constitution; however, for a strict constructionist, a declaration of war would be required for military action. The US never declared war on Iraq. A strict cunstructionist is one who sticks to the words as they are written. Perhaps Halogamer intended to say that he was an originalist? I think he simply confused the terms. Even Justice Scalia, the archetypical Supreme Court Justice for conservatives, is highly critical of strict constructionism.