No, War Powers Resolution does not allow president to launch offensive strikes w/o congressional approval. Read it: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1541 …https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/850809269893160960 …
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@justinamash I normally support your positions on most things, but not on this one. We have the right to act per existing agreements. -
No, we don't. President and Senate cannot bypass House with respect to war powers simply by adopting a treaty. Absolutely unconstitutional.
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@justinamash If we have to seek congressional approval to ACT ON EXISTING AGREEMENTS, then the agreements have NO TEETH. They are USELESS. -
These agreements are not self-executing. They require further congresional action because Constitution requires full congressional approval.
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@justinamash Only for all-out WAR. The US is NOT going to war! Requiring congressional approval to ACT per agreement, VOIDS that agreement. -
I'm pretty confident that if Russian missiles destroyed a U.S. air base, you wouldn't be arguing that it's not war.
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@justinamash Russians have no reason to act that way. We did. Look at a small sample of debate over War Powers: http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/war_powers
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Article VI, section 2.
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So Obama?
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We don't care our safety is more important than your BS libertarian stance!
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@justinamash NO declaration of war required. We are NOT going 2 war with another country; merely acting upon terms of existing agreements.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@justinamash NOT saying international law in ANY way overrides Constitution. But EXISTING agreements between countries CAN be acted upon.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@justinamash If actions were in furtherance of agreement between Russia & US re not using chemical weapons, no declaration of war required.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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