• village604@adultswim.fan
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    1 month ago

    It wasn’t illegal, unfortunately. He has the power to do it for 60 days before Congress has to weigh in.

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      1 month ago

      It’s illegal.

      The War Powers Resolution is a defensive exception to the rule:

      The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.

      https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1541

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          1 month ago

          The problem isn’t that he doesn’t care about the law. It’s that our justice dept and congress don’t either.