US House Speaker Johnson says it is not time to consider war powers resolution

Mike Johnson Argues Congress Does Not Have The Power to Stop Trump From Starting Wars

House Speaker Mike Johnson made it clear on Tuesday that he believes Congress does not have the authority to stop President Donald Trump from starting wars. Johnson said efforts by some lawmakers to limit Trump’s military powers are unconstitutional. “Many respected constitutional experts argue that the War Powers Act is itself unconstitutional,” Johnson told reporters, according to Axios. “I’m persuaded by that argument. They think it’s a viola…

Mike Johnson says War Powers Act is unconstitutional

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday asserted that the War Powers Act is unconstitutional, pushing back forcefully against the lawmakers in both parties who are invoking the law in an effort to block President Trump from further military action in Iran.  Johnson has already rejected calls to stage a vote on a bipartisan war powers resolution in the wake of Trump’s decision to strike three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend, arguing t…

WHAT ABOUT BARRY AND JOEY? House Speaker Mike Johnson Blasts Hypocritical Dems Criticizing Trump's Iran Strikes

During a Fox News appearance this week, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson blasted hypocritical Democrats criticizing President Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. Why were those same Democrats so quiet when former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden took similar action? “A lot of your Democratic colleagues and leadership are saying they didn’t get a call from the president that this was happening,” Fox & Friends co-host Lawre…

Speaker Johnson slams War Powers Act as 'unconstitutional'

Speaker Johnson told reporters, however, he feels such a measure contradicts the nation’s founding documents.

House Speaker Johnson argues the War Powers Act is unconstitutional

President Donald Trump called Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who introduced a War Powers resolution to bar U.S. military engagement in Iran, a "LOSER."

Speaker Johnson: War Powers Act Unconstitutional

House Speaker Mike Johnson argued Tuesday that President Donald Trump was acting within his Article II powers as president with his order of strikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities and that the War Powers Act, being used by members of Congress to push back at the decision, is likely unconstitutional.  "Let me be clear and be as clear as possible: The strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities were clearly within President Trump's Article II p…