It certainly does seem like the Libya no-fly zone is illegal

It is inexplicable that the Obama administration hasn't come to Congress for authorization. If they refused to give it, or if they tried to hold it hostage, it would be almost as big a political gift to Obama as the Medicare abolition plan.

It just goes to show: presidents usually work to increase executive power. They will almost NEVER decrease it, especially when doing so is controversial. Alas, I doubt the Republican House will do anything serious to curtail executive power. They are, as ever, too invested in having it when they get back into the White House and they are full of full-fledged militarists.