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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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 War Powers Act of 1973 is Unconstitutional. A change to executive powers is a change to the Constitution which requires a 2/3 majority of the states which Congress never accomplished. IF Congress wants to limit the power of the Executive it needs to do so legally.
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Not throw a fit after refusing to act on anything.
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I don't walk out from anything.
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Well to be fair, Congress doesn’t read bills before voting on passing into law, aontheyre used to just doing what they want, because they want to.
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Okay now after the
#US #UK#France struck#Syria (at least they tried to) Can they show the evidence which convinced them to attack ?#DareToSay Criminal tRump#WarCrimeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Then begin impeachment
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I think the powers that be rely on the ADHD of the American brain to forget these details. Thanks for putting this information out there.
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Can you please read the letter to the President Trump I wrote. It is on my images.
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