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Why the President’s Campaign in Libya is Constitutional

Jack Goldsmith
Monday, March 21, 2011, 8:30 PM
I make the case, mostly drawing on arguments previously made on this blog, in Slate.  I also make the obvious point that just because it is lawful does not mean it is a good idea.

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I make the case, mostly drawing on arguments previously made on this blog, in Slate.  I also make the obvious point that just because it is lawful does not mean it is a good idea.

Jack Goldsmith is the Learned Hand Professor at Harvard Law School, co-founder of Lawfare, and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Before coming to Harvard, Professor Goldsmith served as Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel from 2003-2004, and Special Counsel to the Department of Defense from 2002-2003.

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