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The United States is not obligated by any treaties to engage in the war in Ukraine, including sanctions that will ultimately help Vladimir Putin and hurt Americans, Rep. Thomas Massie said Thursday.
In a 9 February 2022 hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Crisis Group’s Chief of Policy Stephen Pomper recommended legal reform to reinvigorate Congress’s decision-making role in the current legal and structural status quo on U.S. counter-terrorism operations.
Congress moves to reclaim its war powers The Conversation 30 Jul 2021, 06:41 GMT+10 Whether this bill passes as is, or with significant changes, or not at all, its proposal signals an effort by lawmakers to reclaim power over military action and spending that Congress has gradually surrendered over decades. It also puts pressure on presidents to evaluate their foreign policy objectives more clearly, to determine whether military action is, in fact, appropriate and justified. As I've demonstrated in my research, even though the 1973 War Powers Resolution attempted to constrain presidential pow...
The U.S. Constitution has always been a little muddled as it pertains to "war powers." Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution grants Congress the authority to "declare war." But Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution declares "The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States." In other words, who is in charge when it comes to sending troops into harm's way? Or better yet, what qualifies as "war" against another power overseas? A narrow reading of Article II, Section 1 says that the President has the ultimate authority to dispatch troops into battle. Ano...
By Francis A. Boyle | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-08 07:29 Share CLOSE Photo taken on Jan 23, 2018 shows a Black Hawk helicopter during a handover ceremony between the US forces and the Afghan air force in Kandahar province, south Afghanistan. [Photo/Xinhua] The United States has started the final troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, and has pledged to complete the process by September this year. Be that as it may, the US' war against Afghanistan cannot be justified on either facts, a paucity of which have been offered, or the law, ...