Are We Being Represented?
On May 31st of this year, President Obama exchanged five prisoners from Guantanamo Bay for US army soldier Bowe Bergdahl. Journalists are claiming this transfer was illegal as it violated federal law.
You may be surprised to find that the laws broken were not about the actual swap, but in how it was conducted. It would have been legal to do a prisoner exchange, had the president notified congress 30 days in advance, which he did not.
Members of congress are to be notified for a reason. As our representatives in government, they need to be informed of these things so that they can make decisions on our behalf, perhaps even block the prisoner exchange, should it be appropriate.
I have two questions. 1) How do we hold our president accountable for breaking the law and acting without authority (especially since it seems congress is unwilling to impeach, not that I am calling for that). 2) How effectively can our congress represent us when they are not informed about what is going on?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28887282
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