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it sure does. See the CONGRESSIONAL DEBATES: ALIEN ENEMIES, pages 1790-1791 where Representative Otis defends the bill and discretionary power delegated to the president:Where does it say "unobstructed."
It does not.
"Mr. O. believed, that, to provide for this detention of the person, was all Congress could now do. If the bill was recommitted, he did not think any definite provision could be made. It was necessary the President should have the power of judging in this case, and that punishment ought not to depend upon the slow operations of a trial."