A Victory for the Rule of Law (NYT)

law means the courts taking over the war from the President, who has the constitutional responsibility for it

the President as commander in chief can do what he wants waging war, and Congress can impeach and remove him, but that's about it, constitutionally

except when you make up the constitution as you go along

the court wants to expand its power, in short

Bush will wimp out

The Supreme Court's decision striking down the military tribunals set up to try the detainees being held in Guantánamo Bay is far more than a narrow ruling on the issue of military courts.