What is Trump's claimed legal authority to order military strikes in Syria?
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I’ve always wondered what that would look like.
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I do not know what, if anything, Trump's legal justification would be. Howeverpic.twitter.com/mBqhiYnunh
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That's limited to actions authorized by congress or "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces."
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The Constitution gives Congress power to declare a state of war exists, but it is the Commander-in-Chief who "makes war". That's one reason why Constitution limits appropriations for army operations to only a year.
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Yeah, Congress hasn’t done this for how long? The President has had defacto power now since Bush Sr. at least.
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