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With thousands having taken to the streets the world over to oppose the Bush administration’s headlong rush to war against Iraq, a Harvard Law School (HLS) alum is pursuing a less conventional form of opposition. John C. Bonifaz is suing the President...
...Bonifaz, who graduated from HLS in 1992, will appear in Massachusetts District Court on Monday to argue that Bush must wait for a formal declaration of war from Congress before sending troops into combat in Iraq. It is refreshing to see such a bold action taken by a private individual who is concerned about the executive branch abusing the constitutional limits on its powers...
...Bonifaz is taking a stand against a very disturbing erosion of the constitutional separation of powers. The President has already mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to the Persian Gulf and has said that war will arrive in a matter of weeks. Under these conditions, Congress must demand that the President ask them for a formal declaration of war if he is going to invade Iraq. Although Congress passed a resolution authorizing such action last fall, it was vaguely worded—and, according to Bonifaz, illegally ceded war-making powers to the President. Indeed, Congress has not formally declared...
...Bonifaz remembers Ogletree—who serves on the Institute’s board—as one of few professors who encouraged him to pursue public interest...
Ogletree shares warm recollections of Bonifaz as well...