Except for the fact that every single President, regardless of party, has maintained that the War Powers Act is unconstitutional and holds no power over their duties as Commander in Chief. Many legal experts agree, from what I understand. However, it has never gone into the court system. Presidents have ignored it since the beginning, no one has every challenged them on it, and so I'd argue that it has no bearing on the situation (unless, of course, it does go to court and things change).
Judah On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > And then there's the War Powers Resolution: > > The War Powers Resolution requires the President to notify Congress within > 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed > forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30 day > withdrawal period, without an authorization of the use of military force or > a declaration of war. > > So the president can send in US forces to a foreign country for up to 60 > days without congressional approval or a formal declaration of war. In the > case of Syria, the Pres can launch a sea/air attack on them, again with out > congressional approval. > > > On Sep 3, 2013, at 4:38 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Technically unless Congress gave him the authority, he has to go to > > congress for permission. Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United > > States Constitution, gives Congress the power to declare war, in the > > following wording: > > > > [The Congress shall have Power...] To declare War, grant Letters of > Marque > > and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366869 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
