Today, the clock written into the 1973 War Powers Resolution runs out. Tomorrow, this war becomes flatly illegal.
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60 days.
That is how long American forces have been at war with Iran without authorization from the United States Congress.
Today, the clock written into the 1973 War Powers Resolution runs out.
Tomorrow, this war becomes flatly illegal.
The Constitution is not subtle on this point. Article I, Section 8 gives Congress, and only Congress, the power to declare war.
The Founders put that pen in our hands on purpose.
They had just fought a revolution against a king who decided on his own when his subjects would bleed. They were not about to hand that power to one man in Washington.
President Trump has done exactly what the Founders feared. He launched a major military campaign with no authorization for use of military force and no honest case made to the American people.
We will fight this on every front.
Legislatively, I will keep voting for every War Powers Resolution that comes to the floor and pressing Republican colleagues who once claimed to care about executive overreach.
In the courts, members of Congress have standing to sue when the executive nullifies our constitutional role, and that option must be on the table the moment this deadline passes.
This is not about whether Iran is a bad actor.
This is about whether one man gets to start a war on his own.
The answer, in America, has always been no.
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posted by Satish Sharma at
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