CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said that President Obama “clearly broke the law” in his efforts to free American POW Bowe Bergdahl, the Huffington Post reports.
Said Toobin: “I think he clearly broke the law. The law says 30-days’ notice. Give 30 days’ notice. Now, it is true that he issued a signing statement, but signing statements are not law. Signing statements are the president’s opinion about what the law should mean. Now, it may be that the law is unconstitutional, a violation of his power as commander in chief, but no court has held that. The law is on the books, and he didn’t follow it.”