WHO ARE THE REAL STATISTS?

"Statist" is the new dirty word that Mark Levin created to describe liberals and progressives and it means that they want above all to increase the power of the State. In reality, conservatives are the ones who worship power, as Hayek pointed out 50 years ago and even someone as dense as Peggy Noonan came to admit less than 2 years ago.

Chris Floyd (h/t BuzzFlash) notes that a recent decision by the D.C. Court of Appeals greatly enhances the power of State, as reported by the NY Times:

In a sweeping opinion, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the presidential war power to detain those suspected of terrorism is not limited even by international law of war.

Guess the ideology of the judges who wrote the majority opinion:

The 25-page opinion was written by Judge Janice Rogers Brown and joined by Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, both appointees of President George W. Bush. Both are considered among the most conservative judges on the circuit.