Is the US at War with Iran, and Did Trump Violate the War Powers Act?

Trump’s Iran Strike Raises War Powers and Constitutional Concerns.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump breaks every rule in the book, and he’s never read the book of rules. Time after time, Americans see he’s constitutionally unable to follow the Constitution. To wit, he, with Israel, just started a war on Iran that ricochets around the Middle East. Contrary to the War Powers Resolution and the Constitution, he did not seek approval from Congress. The deed was just done. Trump let loose the arsenals of winter, which…

Is the US at war with Iran, and did Trump violate the War Powers Act?

Under the U.S. Constitution, Congress has the sole authority to formally declare war, which it hasn't done.

Limiting Trump's authority with war powers act is 'dangerous,' Johnson says

The U.S. Congress is confronting a war powers debate over President Donald Trump's authority to bomb Iran under largely unusual circumstances — without a formal declaration or an address to the nation, the commander in chief has already launched the country into a quickly spiraling war in the Middle East.

National View: Trump only the latest president to ignore Congress, the War Powers Act

When you bomb a country and take out its leader, that’s an act of war. Under the Constitution, Congress must declare war or otherwise authorize the use of force before the president may take such action. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Iran, where the joint U.S.-Israeli attacks that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have already led to retaliation; Venezuela, where the Trump administration grabbed President Nicolás Maduro in January; or Libya, w…

What is Congress doing about war powers?

Lawmakers pressing for votes to limit presidential authority In the days after the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran, members of Congress moved quickly to reassert their constitutional role over decisions to use military force. Democratic leaders and a small number of…

Trump's Recent War Initiation is Only a Distraction

Anyone who knows Donald Trump knows that the current U.S. President always has a trick or two up his arse–nal…see what I did there? Trump has always found himself at the center of controversy, typically creating conflict through his own selfishness and lack of respect for others. While the president always lands himself in hot […] The post Trump’s Recent War Initiation is Only a Distraction appeared first on NYCTastemakers.