In the 233 year history of the United States we have never taken an enemy combatant off the field of battle and tried them in a civilian court.

Never, not once.

When Eric Holder was asked by a senator yesterday if we had ever taken an enemy combatant and tried him in a civilian court, he looked downright puzzled, as if it had never occurred to him. The senator had to answer “no” for him.

That hearing will be viewed as a critical moment in the rapidly ending Obama administration: The appointed AG of the United States hasn’t a clue what he is doing.