The War Powers Act Doesn’t Give the President 60 Days of Free War

The War Powers act doesn’t give the president 60 days of free war

The Constitution clearly grants Congress, not the president, the power to declare war. Thus, most defenders of President Donald Trump’s unauthorized war against Iran point to the 1973 War Powers Resolution and claim the law allows the president to wage a war for 60 days without any congressional approval. Here’s a Republican member of Congress making this false claim: Since many of my Democrat colleagues don’t seem to understand the War Powers …

Senator Dave McCormick Defends President Trump's Constitutional Authority on "Operation Epic Fury"

Senator Dave McCormick was on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream to discuss “Operation Epic Fury.” He defended President Trump’s Constitutional authority to carry out the mission.

Epic Fury: Trump Can Rely on Past Democratic Presidents for the Authority to Attack Iran

Below is my column on Fo on the legal authority for Operation Epic Fury. There are good-faith arguments that such attacks should require declarations of war. However, President Donald Trump can rely on his predecessors, including Presidents Clinton, Obama, and Biden for the authority to carry out these attacks. Here is the column: With the launch of the attacks on Iran, some have already declared the action unconstitutional. That includes the im…