US EditionWhite House Circulates Draft Bill Granting Broad War Powers Against Cartels
The bill would legally empower the president to conduct military operations against drug cartels and foreign entities linked to narco-terrorism, raising concerns about broad wartime powers.
- Earlier this week, a draft bill circulated at the White House and Capitol Hill that would give President Donald Trump broad authority to wage war against `terrorist` drug cartels and their host nations, according to people familiar with the matter.
- Earlier this month, President Donald Trump authorized two strikes in the Caribbean Sea killing 14 people, with the administration framing them as targeting Venezuelan cartels trafficking fentanyl.
- Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith warned the draft is `insanely broad` and modeled on the post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force, granting five years of presidential authority without naming a specific enemy.
- On Friday, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., filed a joint resolution to halt additional strikes, amid legal scholars and critics warning it could permit extrajudicial killings.
- The draft would raise whether Congress is effectively authorizing Mr. Trump to wage regime-change war in Venezuela while expanding legal bases for deportations and a July secret order directing Pentagon action.
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Draft bill would authorize Trump to kill people he deems narco-terrorists - West Hawaii Today
WASHINGTON — Draft legislation is circulating at the White House and on Capitol Hill that would hand President Donald Trump sweeping power to wage war against drug cartels he deems to be “terrorists,” as well as against any nation he says has harbored or aided them, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Dubious Legality of Expanding Presidential Powers - Real News Now
A speculated legislative draft is generating substantial attention for its potential implications: ‘Projected legislative proposal empowers Trump to terminate individuals identified as narco-terrorists.’ There’s conversation among the White House and Congress regarding draft legislation, which, if approved, could grant President Trump extended authority to confront drug cartels labeled as ‘terrorists’ and any country allegedly supporting them. T…
Washington.- A bill circulates in the White House and the Capitol that would grant the President of the United States, Donald Trump, broad powers to wage a war against the drug cartels he considers "terrorists," as well as against any nation that, according to him, has sheltered or helped them, according to people familiar with the matter. A broad spectrum of legal specialists have said that the US military attacks this month on two ships suspec…
White House circulates draft bill granting broad war powers against cartels
Draft legislation circulating in Washington would give President Donald Trump sweeping authority to use military force against drug cartels he designates as terrorist organizations. The proposal would also authorize strikes against nations Trump deems to be harboring or assisting those groups, according to The New York Times. The measure, modeled on the post-9/11 Authorization of Use of Military Force (AUMF), would grant the president authority …
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