You’re going to hear and read the false, tired assertion that the War Powers Resolution (or Act) allows the president to take offensive military action without congressional approval for 60-90 days. Here’s why that’s not true:
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Why then do some people say the president always has 60-90 days before needing approval? It probably stems, in most cases, from a misreading of (or failure to read in part or entirety) the War Powers Resolution.
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The War Powers Resolution does provide a 60-90 day timeline, but that’s to account for situations implicating §1541(c)(3), “a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.”
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If there is an attack on our country, we expect the president to respond swiftly. The War Powers Resolution therefore gives him 60-90 days. The Framers of the Constitution agreed that the president should have the “power to repel sudden attacks” without congressional approval.
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The War Powers Resolution does not confer any new authority on the president to take offensive military action without congressional approval (nor could it). It instead checks the president when he enters our Armed Forces into hostilities for constitutionally permissible reasons.
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You can read the War Powers Resolution here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1541 ….
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The Dems are running FIFTY Intelligence Agents in the Midterms, and CIA Pompeo runs our foreign policy. What was once hidden is out in the open....the CIA runs the country. They killed JFK after he fired Dulles, and that was our end.
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And from what I see, there is no sudden attack on our country. We need to follow the Constitution before deciding if we need to go back to Syria.
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And what exactly is offensive about destroying a chemical weapons manufacturing plant? Nothing. I pray to God this country is never attacked and we have to wait for you to decide whether or not we can defend ourselves.
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Don't worry -- Fox News will defend him and point out the attack (from wherever) was eminent.
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What about specific statutory authorization?
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Great. So where's Congress on this? Doing nothing while Trump breaks the law.
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During the cold war political and psychlogical propaganda were used to justify several actions against states like nicaragua. The communist domino effect made every move by the reds a threat , just like terrorism makes everything a threat today.
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Perhaps just a utah did with free range kids , it is time for an amendment to all future terrorism legislation that states clearly , the american people are not in danger of terrorism 24 hours a day , 7 days a week , even on leap years.
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Why was nobody up in arms last year when Trump attacked with 159 missles or the MOAB?
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Well he did it anyway
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Is the *defend* part involving preemptive attacks governed by the Caroline Test?
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How many babies have starved to death and died in Yemen? Many more dead there with our help to Saudi Arabia. Why does Washington care about the 40 murdered in Syria, but continues to help starve and murder many more civilians of Yemen?

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As the US helps starve and murder the babies in Yemen they are fighting mad people were gassed in Syria. Why? Could it be pipelines and money? Why don’t Trump care about the babies starving to death in Yemen? Why is he helping Saudi murder them?
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