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THE
POST
AND
COURIER,
South
Carolina:
“Congress
sent
the
president
a
military
policy
bill
Tuesday
with
an
unequivocal
message:
Do
not
transfer
any
terrorist
prisoners
from
the
Guantanamo
Naval
Base
in
Cuba
to
the
United
States.
The
House
vote
last
week
was
a
veto-proof
370-58.
The
Senate
vote,
at
91-3,
was
even
more
emphatic.”
(Editorial,
“Congress’
Gitmo
Warning,” The
Post
And
Courier
[SC],
11/12/15)
WALL
STREET
JOURNAL:
“Another
day
at
the
office
for
a
progressive
President
intent
on
reducing
the
legislative
branch
to
a
nullity.
For
the
record,
the
National
Defense
Authorization
Act
this
year
contains
an
explicit
congressional
ban
on
transferring
detainees
to
the
U.S.
through
2016.”
(Editorial,
“Obama’s
Gitmo
Workaround,”
Wall
Street
Journal,
11/5/15)
- “Mr.
Obama’s
inability
to
negotiate
honestly
with
the
legislature
is
a
hallmark
of
his
Presidency.
More
damaging
is
the
precedent
he
is
setting
by
making
major
policy
changes
with
no
more
than
a
wave
of
his
executive
hand.
Press
reports
note
that
Administration
lawyers
are
working
on
legal
justifications
for
the
Gitmo
order.
Decision
first,
the
law
later.”
(Editorial,
“Obama’s
Gitmo
Workaround,”
Wall
Street
Journal,
11/5/15)
DENVER
POST:
“Congress
does
have
the
power
of
the
purse.
If
it
decides…
to
bar
‘the
use
of
funds
provided
to
any
department
or
agency
...
for
the
transfer
or
release
of
individuals’
detained
at
Guantanamo
to
or
within
the
U.S.,
then
Obama
should
abide
by
the
prohibition
rather
than
resort
to
a
clever
legal
rationale
that
claims
he
can
act
on
his
own.”
(Editorial,
“Obama
Should
Drop
Plan
To
Close
Guantanamo,” The
Denver
Post,
11/11/15)
NEW
YORK
POST:
“…in
his
final
months
in
office,
he
no
longer
cares.
Worse
is
ahead.
Next
up:
defying
Congress,
the
law
and
the
public
by
clearing
the
final
dozens
of
terrorists
out
of
Guantanamo
Bay
and
shutting
Gitmo
down…”
(Editorial,
“Bam
Pipes
Down,” The
New
York
Post,
11/7/15)
THE
BOSTON
HERALD:
“President
Obama
decided
to
sign
a
bill
renewing
the
prohibition
on
transferring
suspected
terrorist
prisoners
at
the
U.S.
Navy
base
at
Guantanamo
Bay,
Cuba,
to
the
United
States
or
some
other
countries.
The
White
House
said
he
still
wants
to
close
the
prison,
which
generated
suspicion
among
Republicans
that
he
might
act
on
his
own.
That
would
be
a
terrible
precedent,
whether
he
got
away
with
it
or
not.
You'd
think
a
president
would
accept
an
explicit
decision
of
Congress
that
leaves
no
room
for
ambiguity.
…
This
is
hardly
the
time
to
be
importing
or
exporting
terrorists.”
(Editorial,
“No
Time
To
Close
Gitmo,”
Boston
Herald,
11/15/15)
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