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> Do you not care about the rule of law?

Of course I do. I hope the rest of my fellow Americans will someday care as much as I do about it. It's clearly not the case today.

But, is it illegal to refer to Secretary Hegseth as the SECWAR?

If so, would it be legal to refer to him as the SECDEF? After all, that isn't the formal term that Congress established his position as under 10 USC 113.

It's not hard to see all the cans of worms that emanate from the topic. I said already that this is Congress's purview, and they have had ample opportunity to put a stake in the ground on their position in response...



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