In an October White House photo, President Donald Trump presented the military's ultimate symbol of heroism, the Medal of Honor, to a dog. It was a joke, a doctored photo reposted on the president's Twitter account. But even though the president didn't actually award the Medal of Honor to
In an October White House photo, President Donald Trump presented the military’s ultimate symbol of heroism, the Medal of Honor, to a dog. It was a joke, a doctored photo reposted on the president’s Twitter account. But even though the president didn’t actually award the Medal of Honor to a dog, legal scholars agree that as commander in chief of the military, he could have.
On Wednesday the Navy began a process to take the Trident pin of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, ousting him from the SEALs. Less than 24 hours alter, the president reversed the order in a message on Twitter, saying, “The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin. This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get back to business!”
Presidential power over the military runs deep and hits up against just two limits, he said: Congress and the Constitution. Story continuesBut those two constraints leave a broad thoroughfare, crowded with ships, fighter jets and nuclear weapons, where the president has considerable discretion. “The Constitution is a very brief document; it leaves a lot unsaid. So for centuries the president and the military have had to rely on mutual understanding,” said Thomas Bruneau, who taught national security at the Naval Postgraduate School. The president makes broad strategic and political decisions about military power, he said, and the military generally makes decisions on how those decisions will be executed, and by whom.
Congress, he said, has some authority to enact statutes specifically limiting certain executive actions. For example, it could craft a law restricting the president’s authority to assign troops in certain specialized units like the SEALs or other special operations forces to qualified military commanders.
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