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Many Democrats and some Republicans expressed alarm last month when President Donald Trump ordered attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities. Most Americans agree that Iran shouldn’t develop nuclear ...
As Warren Christopher and James Baker wrote in 2008: "When it comes to war, Americans deserve better than a law that is ...
Many Democrats and some Republicans expressed alarm last month when President Donald Trump ordered attacks on Iranian nuclear ...
The War Powers Act worked, briefly. It was invoked under President Gerald Ford during the U.S.S. Mayaguez capture (he notified Congress, but only after it was virtually over).
But war powers do not require us to make this choice. The original understanding does not support the view that the nation cannot wage war abroad without congressional authorization.
Sen. Kaine says he won’t stop holding the president to the ‘letter of the law.’ Perhaps he should spend more time studying it.
The Ford Edsel. New Coke. The Sony Betamax. Theranos. Google Glass. Yugoslavia. The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies. The “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” musical. The War Powers Act.
The War Powers Act has never been fully tested before the Supreme Court. If the Democrats toss that political grenade across Capitol Hill to the high court, they can expect the current jurists to side ...
Of the many great ideas that turned into colossal duds, the War Powers Act may be the champion. Conceived in idealism, tested by realism, it represents a huge failure of a brave idea -- largely ...
To be fair, no president has recognized the legitimacy of the War Powers Act since it was passed in 1973. The Supreme Court has not spoken.
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