President Obama knows how to read the law, having received a diploma from Harvard Law School.  Even though he doesn’t seem to have actually, ahem, practiced much law, still he knows how to read the statutes, and besides, he has a gigantic staff of lawyers at his beck and call.  So he can’t plead ignorance. Mario Loyola, writing in National Review, points out what the statutes regarding terrorism say: (1) the term “international terrorism” means activities that— (A) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State; (B) appear to be intended— (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the...(Read Full Post)