January 16, 2020

William Smith, director of the Center for the Study of Statesmanship, published commentary on The Hill about why congress is not serious about the war powers in the Constitution. 

...Both the House and Senate resolutions to prohibit military attacks on Iran have little chance of restricting the ability of the executive branch to do so. While the House resolution is designed to trigger the authority of the decades old War Powers Act, the executive branch will certainly ignore it, while the Senate resolution will certainly be killed by a presidential veto. This is all kabuki theatre....

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