No wrong without a remedy

Hilzoy has a post to which the only rational response is a wordless scream of anger and despair.

Having made that initial response in private, I offer the following angry and desperate words:

Of course, the lack of power in the court to order a remedy for the Uigurs’ wrongs shouldn’t matter. When court of competent jurisdiction finds that an act of the executive branch is illegal, the President, having taken an oath to “faithfully execute” an office whose chief duty is to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed,” is oath-bound to order that the illegal activity cease. His failure to do so is grounds for impeachment.

But we have a President whose word isn’t worth the spit behind it, and a Congressional majority blinded by partisanship. So the illegal (and inhumane) action of holding innocent non-combatants prisoner will continue, forever or until we elect a better President, whichever comes first.