Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170811:14:50:00
Are currently fighting now. how has that precedent led to where we are today? >> historically with a few exceptions, presidents have gone to congress as the constitution requires before starting a major conflict that happened with the two iraq wars and vietnam war a. president obama initiated a new war to overthrow the libyan government in 2011 without going to congress at all. that was a major breach of the constitution and of the norm that had developed and he also did a similar action with the war against isis. there the legal issues were more complicated. with libya, he initiated an uncons...