@snide_sally States (i.e., countries) in actual hostility w/us tho no War be solemnly declared, are enemies re: treason Hamdi v Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 (2004) Scalia, dissent That case was from 1st attack on WTC '93.
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I didn’t think the constitution was as specific as not being able to charge outside of a declared wartime, but I’ve seen multiple opinions like the one I posted that spelled that out. Good to see it’s more pragmatic than that.
The Framers left a lot of room in various provisions of the Constitution - for very good reasons, most important of which was they did not know what would happen & didn't want to tie the hands of the white, male landowners who would lead the USA.
