Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
The
Constitution
vests
the
federal
judiciary
with
the
duty
of
ensuring
that
the
Executive
Branch
does
not
exceed
the
powers
delegated
to
it
by
Congress.
That
duty
does
not
go
away
when
the
Executive
purports
to
act
under
statutes
that
protect
our
nation’s
security.
This
case
is
a
straightforward
challenge
to
unlawful
agency
action.
— An
amicus
brief,
signed
by
149
former
state
and
federal
judges,
urging
the
D.C.
Circuit
to
find
the
Department
of
War’s
(lol)
designation
of
AI
provider
Anthropic
as
a
supply
chain
risk
unlawful.
Anthropic
lost
its
government
contract
when
it
refused
to
allow
the
government
to
have
access
to
autonomous
weapons
with
their
technology.
The
government
went
a
step
further
(too
far)
and
“punished
[Anthropic]
on
its
way
out
the
door.”
The
legal
issues
seem
pretty
straightforward…
if
the
courts
are
willing
to
stand
up
to
Trump.