Summary: To what extent may the U.S. Congress, using its power of the purse, determine in which courts war terror detainees must be tried? Is the decision solely that of the President as a core executive power? Or does Congress have a measure of control, using its appropriations authority, to prohibit expenditure of funds for certain trials? Panelists include Mr. Andrew C. McCarthy, Senior Fellow at the National Review Institute; Mr. David B. Rivkin Jr., Partner at Baker & Hostetler LLP; and Mr. Dean A. Reuter, Vice President & Director of Practice Groups at The Federalist Society.
