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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

Uh, for the same reason Congress had the power to enact 5 U.S.C. Section 1 to bajillion -- because Congress sets the terms of federal employment.

The fact that the President is the Commander in Chief of the military doesn't mean he writes the laws for them. Shit, it hasn't even meant he had the power to decide when and where they died, until (ahem) Congress gave it to him.



The Federalist No. 69 (Hamilton).

Are Ty and I the only people here who have consistently believed the powers of the Presidency are limited in the same way for both 43 and 44?

Not to mention Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution:

The Congress shall have Power ... To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;