If one starts with the assumption that, in the absence of specific Congressional authority, a fixed rule of law precludes contracting officers from p… - Felix Frankfurter

" "

If one starts with the assumption that, in the absence of specific Congressional authority, a fixed rule of law precludes contracting officers from providing in a Government contract terms reasonably calculated to assure its performance even though there be no money loss through a particular default, there is no problem. But answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one.