Perspective
Jan. 7, 2012
NDAA now law: the breaking of Barack’s back
The National Defense Authorization Act gives armed forces too much discretion. By Bruce J. Einhorn of Pepperdine University School of Law
"He has no more backbone than a chocolate éclair." - Theodore Roosevelt
Amidst the palms and pleasures of Hawaii, President Barack Obama's backbone - and with it, a measure of our constitutional firmament - melted in the warm winter sun, as he signed the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA.
In addition to authorizing the spending of $662 billion dollars in defense spending thr...
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