we aren’t talking about domestic criminals who robbed a liquor store. We’re talking about people who have signed up for a cause that is every bit as dangerous as any enemy we’ve ever faced. And this Congress has a very difficult assignment to undertake — and we all have roles to do in a time of war, and Congress and unelected judges cannot run the war.

There are so many things wrong with that I scarcely know where to begin. First, they are defendants until proven guilty and Constitutional rights are not predicated on the severity of the accusation. Second, al Qaeda is not a thousandth as dangerous to us as say the Axis powers were to us during the Second World War or the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Third, Congress has (since WWII) consistently failed in its Constitutionally mandated obligation to declare war. So maybe before Lindsey goes off and lectures others about their future duties he might undertake to fulfill his own. Fourth, even in time of war, I would say precisely in times of conflict, we should hew most closely to our Constitutional principles and responsibilities. Apparently, this is all over the head of a hack Republican politician but there it is.