Can drumpf even attack NK??????

[Takket]

Nuke or otherwise... doesn't Congress have to declare war????

[Renew Deal]

1. The short answer is he can.

Think about all of the previous US attacks and the previous declarations of war.

He would have to ask for permission after like 60 days. I think Obama avoided asking for permission to get involved in Syria and Congress didn't do anything about it.

[Keefer]

2. No.

He has 90 days free reign.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1544

[dchill]

3. That oughta more than do it.

[Keefer]

4. We will see.

[dchill]

7. Please, no!

[Renew Deal]

5. Then yes.

[Keefer]

6. My "No" was in reply to this part:

"Nuke or otherwise... doesn't Congress have to declare war????"

[Renew Deal]

11. Oh. Makes sense.

[Keefer]

12. I thought so!

[bdamomma]

8. Trump can get impeached

for suggesting to nuke another country, or putting Guam in jeopardy.

https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2017/8/9


I have this posted in Videos please watch if able.

[PoliticAverse]

9. The last formal "Declaration of War" was for WWII...

Since then there have Congressional "authorizations for the use of force" and UN Resolutions authorizing the use of force.

The President wasn't suppose to be able to start a war themself, but as commander in chief could repel attacks.

From the Wikipedia article on the issue:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_war_by_the_United_States

James Madison reported that in the Federal Convention of 1787, the phrase "make war" was changed to "declare war" in order to leave to the Executive the power to repel sudden attacks but not to commence war without the explicit approval of Congress.

The contemporary state of affairs seems to be that a President can bomb pretty much any country that isn't likely
to shoot back in a significant fashion. So the question now is can and will Congress stop him?

[Keefer]

10. The War Powers Act

says differently.

[PoliticAverse]

13. The War Powers Act is a passed bill and not an amendment to the Constitution.

President's have questioned its Constitutionality even when complying with its provisions.

The extent of the President's war making ability is not a fully settled constitutional question.

[Keefer]

14. "The extent of the President's war making ability is not a fully settled constitutional question."

So then, until it's "settled", I guess we have us a quandary.

Until then, it looks like it's the law of the land.

[PoliticAverse]

15. Since a Federal Judge ruled against enforcing some of its provisions "until then" maybe it's not...

Clinton's War Powers Upheld
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/june99/dismiss09.htm

A federal judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed by 26 members of Congress who contended that President Clinton has had no legal authority to continue U.S. participation in the airstrikes against Yugoslavia.

The bipartisan lawsuit sought to enforce timetables in the largely ignored Vietnam-era War Powers Act, which would have required Clinton to obtain congressional approval or terminate U.S. involvement in Kosovo by May 25, two months after the start of the action.

[Keefer]

16. So he still has 60 days.

Bad news.

[Sgent]

17. Does the AUMF from the

Korean War still exist? We never made formal peace with N Korea.

[CK_John]

18. We never end the Korean War, we are in an armistice.

[yagotme]

19. This. n/t

[Skittles]

20. only on Twitter

he is a fucking chicken hawk piece of shit