Yesterday, I wrote a column in the Hill discussing how Trump is unlikely to go to Congress in launching an attack on Iran and how he has history on his side in acting unilaterally. The column noted that many Democratic politicians and pundits who were supportive of such unilateral actions by Democratic presidents such as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are suddenly opposed to Trump using the same power. It is the Claude Rains School of Constitutional Law where politicians are “shocked, shocked” that Trump is using the authority that they accepted in Democratic predecessors.
Democratic members are calling for impeachment, while others are declaring the attacks unconstitutional. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is particularly shocked that Trump took the action and is calling for a vote under the War Powers Act.
Schumer insisted that “no president should be allowed to unilaterally march this nation into something as consequential as war with erratic threats and no strategy.” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has issued a similar statement.
Schumer is the same politician who was silent or supportive in earlier unilateral attacks by Democratic presidents. In 2011, Obama approved a massive military campaign against Libya. I represented a bipartisan group of members of Congress challenging that action. We were unsuccessful, as were such prior challenges.
I have long criticized the abandonment of the clear language of the Constitution on the declaration of wars. Only eleven such declarations have been made in our history. That has not happened since World War II in 1942. Over 125 military campaigns have spanned from Korea to Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. It is not a rule honored solely in the breach.
Democrats were supportive when Clinton launched cruise missile attacks under Operation Infinite Reach on two continents on August 20, 1998. He ordered attacks in locations in Khartoum, Sudan, and Khost Province, Afghanistan.
The War Powers Act has always been controversial and largely ineffectual. Presidents have long asserted the inherent powers to conduct such attacks under their Article II authority as the designated Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The WPA requires the President to inform Congress within 48 hours in a written notice to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate of the action.
The WPA further bars the use of armed forces in such a conflict for more than 60 days without congressional authorization for use of military force (AUMF) or a declaration of war by the United States. There is a further 30-day withdrawal period.
President Trump reportedly did immediately notify Congress after the attack under the WPA .
Presidents have routinely ignored the WPA when it limited their ability to conduct foreign military operations. In 1999, Clinton ignored the 60-day deadline and continued to bomb forces in Kosovo. His actions were also challenged, but the court in Campbell v. Clinton just shrugged off the violation and said it was a non-justiciable political question.
In responding to the current demands, Trump could look to a curious ally: Hillary Clinton.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pushed for unilateral attacks during the Obama Administration. She dismissed the need to consult, let alone secure authorization, from Congress. In March 2011, Clinton testified that there was no need for such consultation and declared that the Administration would ignore a 60-day limit on unauthorized military actions.
Obama also defied the War Powers resolution on Syria. He actually did ask for congressional authorization to take military action in that country in 2013, but Congress refused to approve it. He did it anyway. Despite Congress expressly denying”authorization for the introduction of United States Armed Forces,” both Obama and Trump did precisely that.
Trump was wise to notify Congress. However, what occurs after that is anyone’s guess. The WPA and the AUMF have been paper tigers for decades and most in Congress wanted it that way. Politicians long ago abandoned their responsibilities to declare war. What remains has been little more than political theater.
Even under the WPA, Trump would have 60 days to prosecute this war and another 30 days to draw down forces without congressional approval. The court, in Campbell v. Clinton, noted that even if Clinton violated the WPA by continuing operations after the 60-day period, he was technically in compliance by withdrawing forces before the end of the 90-day period.
Trump could likely prosecute this campaign in 90 days. Indeed, if it goes beyond 90 days, we will likely be facing a potential global war with retaliatory strikes on both sides. In such an environment, it is very unlikely that Congress would withhold support for our ongoing operations.
In the meantime, the calls for impeachment are absurd given the prior actions of presidents in using this very authority. Once again, some Democrats appear intent on applying a different set of rules for impeaching Trump than any of his predecessors. Trump can cite both history and case law in allowing presidents to take such actions. At most, the line over war powers is murky. The Framers wanted impeachments to be based on bright-line rules in establishing high crimes and misdemeanors.
This is all part of the Claude Rains School of Constitutional Law. Members will once again express their shock and disgust in the use of the same authority that they once accepted in prior presidents. Trump has a great number of risks in this action from global military and economic consequences. The War Powers Act is not one of them if history is any measure.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University and has both testified and litigated in the area of war powers, including the prior representation of members of Congress. He also testified in both the Clinton and Trump impeachment hearings.
N.B.: A slightly different version of this column ran on Fox.com
The Iranian regime is directly responsible for the deaths and severe wounds of thousands of U.S. military from Beirut, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iraq and other Mideast countries. They have disrupted the region for nearly fifty years.
I traveled through Iran in October/November 1976. On my way to Afghanistan, by overland, the election results came in a the people who could speak some English were enthusiastic to tell me Jimmy Carter won! I could not imagine how that would turn out a couple years later.
The Iranians (as a general rule) are a beautiful people, like many in that region, they are lorded over by thugs. I hope they can free themselves from such tyranny.
Here’s a walk through history:
Bill Clinton: “We are determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.” (1995)
George W. Bush: “Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. Period.” (2006)
Barack Obama: “I have stated that Iran will never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.” (2015)
Joe Biden: “We will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.” (2022)
Donald J. Trump: “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated…. Thank you for your attention to this matter.” (2025)
LA Sheriff sends condolences to Iran.
“Our hearts go out to the victims and families impacted by the recent bombings in Iran.”
https://x.com/bklyn2cali/status/1936946597088346136
No wonder LA County Sheriff isn’t worth cat crap for law enforcement.
I wonder how many of them are Antifa or Iranian terrorists or Harvard grads?
Now now, don’t you be criticizing Harvard grads like that, young’un. Bless your heart, it’s the Harvard administration and its faculty that are the problem.
Now, I don’t deny some Harvard grads’ hearts are a thumpin’ gizzard or cattywampus (Jamie Raskin, ugh), but others are sweeter than cherry pie (Elise Stefanik, Bill Ackman).
The Dept. removed the comment and apologized.
Too late.
Iran not having nukes . . . now let’s see, who does that help . . . I know, it helps the United States since Iran’s national mission is “death to Israel and death to America.”
So, given that it helps the United States . . . of course the Democrats are outraged, it makes total sense.
Great comment, oldmanfromkansas!
By all accounts, including the IAEA, Iran does not have a ‘nuke’. Nor is Iran’s *national mission* “death to Israel and death to America” .. . although I have heard the Ayatollah refer to the U.S. and Israel as ‘big Satan’ and ‘little Satan’ once.
Some kind of ‘religious’ fanatic, I guess.
In this regard, Iran’s ‘national mission’ was, previously (i.e. ‘before’ Trump’s attack), negotiation of its nuclear energy program. Ostensibly, Trump gave them ‘two weeks’ to negotiate ‘two days’ ago! Time flies. .. it wasn’t that long ago Trump tore up the first JCPOA.
Now, you can bet the little devils are working around the clock on getting a ‘nuke’ . .. Lord only knows what else.
None of this ‘helps the United States’.
*above are all ‘scare quotes’ .. . fyi.
None of this ‘helps the United States’.
Uh-huh.
Hey, if you’re stuck in a dead-end job, remember, you could have an exciting and lucrative career writing propaganda for the Ayatollah. You’ve got more natural talent than Baghdad Bob.
“By all accounts, including the IAEA, Iran does not have a ‘nuke’”
Correct, absolutely no one said they HAD a Nuke.
They only question was how long it would be before they had a nuke.
Israel said days – maybe they were right.
More conservative voices said months. – maybe they were right.
But there is ZERO question that Iran was seeking a nuclear weapon and that they would get there SOON.
They were seeking to make Uranium 235 bombs like the one used at Hiroshima. Those are by far the easiest to make and the most reliable.
We did not even test a little boy Uranium bomb before using it at Hiroshima.
Estimates were that Iran had sufficient 60% enriched Uranium at Fordow to produce half a dozen bombs, and that they were at a point where they could produce a few more every few weeks.
Is it possible that Iran was not days but weeks, even months awat from nuclear weapons.
Certainly. But they were without any doubt headed in that direction and not interested in any negotiation to stop – even after Israel had done serious damage to their nuclear program.
It is likely that the prior israeli attacks set the Iranian nuclear program back several years.
EXCEPT that any enriched uranium at Fordow could still be made into bombs with relative ease.
The B2’s took out Fordow – hopefully. Presuming that is true, Iran’s nuclear program has been set back many years.
Their ability to enrich additional uranium has been reduced to a tiny fraction of what it was.
Significant portions of existing enriched uranium have been destroyed.
Significant portions of the scientists involved have been killed.
The leadership of Iran’s military has been eliminated.
” Nor is Iran’s *national mission* “death to Israel and death to America” .. . although I have heard the Ayatollah refer to the U.S. and Israel as ‘big Satan’ and ‘little Satan’ once.
Some kind of ‘religious’ fanatic, I guess.”
The Ayatollah is the real leader of Iran.
Under the Ayatollah Iran has exported terrorism throughout the world.
“In this regard, Iran’s ‘national mission’ was, previously (i.e. ‘before’ Trump’s attack), negotiation of its nuclear energy program.”
Nuclear reactors require 3-4% enriched uranium. There is only one use for 60% enriched uranium and that is to make a bomb.
It is actually dangerous to use in a reactor as it is much harder to control.
Iran was not negotiation a nuclear enery program they were negotiating a nuclear weapons program.
Or more accurately they were NOT negotiating.
These strikes occured because Iran was given an ultimatum – end your nuclear weapons program, allow inspectors in or the program will be destroyed.
And that is what occured.
You can not negotiate without a carrot and a stick.
“Ostensibly, Trump gave them ‘two weeks’ to negotiate ‘two days’ ago! Time flies.”
No he gave them 60 days. After the 60 days he said that he would make a decision within the next two weeks.
During those two days – Iran made it clear nothing had changed. they were not negotiating to end their nuclear weapons program.
” it wasn’t that long ago Trump tore up the first JCPOA.”
Trump did not tear it up – it was not working – Iran violated it over and over.
These were key terms of the JCPOA
“For 13 years, Iran agreed to eliminate its stockpile of medium-enriched uranium, cut its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 98%, and reduce by about two-thirds the number of its gas centrifuges.
For 15 years, Iran agreed to enrich uranium only up to 3.67% and not to build heavy-water facilities.
For 10 years, uranium enrichment would be limited to a single facility using first-generation centrifuges. Other facilities would be converted to avoid proliferation risks.
IAEA would have regular access to all Iranian nuclear facilities to monitor compliance.”
Not one provision was honored.
“Now, you can bet the little devils are working around the clock on getting a ‘nuke’ . .. Lord only knows what else.”
There is reason to be concerned at the moment – but there was reason to be concerned before these attacks.
Irans CURRENT ability to put together a nuclear bomb is dependant on how thoroughly Fordow was destroyed.
Whether Iran removed and secreted large numbers of centrifuges and 60% enriched Uranium prior to the bombing of Fordow.
Absolute certainty is not easy to come by. but it is likely that Fordow is at the very least inaccessible for atleast 6 months.
That between 60-100% of the centrifuges in Fordow were destoryed and that an even larger portion elsewhere have been destroyed.
It is not likely at this time that Iran has enough centrifuges to convert what remaining 60% enriched uranium it has into a bomb anytime in the next 6 months,
Further if the bunker busters collapsed the vault at Fordow rather than just sealing the entrances and making the entire mountain unstable, as well as destorying centrifuges as the power was cut then they are set back possibly as much as a decade.
Right now Iran has few working centrifuges left
very little of its stock pile of highly enriched uranium.
Very few of the nuclear scientists that are necescary for the program.
It is likely that the greatest nuclear risk from Iran for the next couple of years is a dirty bomb turned over to terrorists.
And even that is unlikely.
“None of this ‘helps the United States’”
Iran was intent on becoming a nuclear power.
Had that occured the BEST case scenario was that the Saudia’s and other mideastern nations would have bought nuclear weapons from someone within months and the Mideast would become a region with a very high risk of a nuclear conflict.
Iran is also working on ICBM’s – these could reach the US, with a nuclear payload – or anywhere else in the world.
They already have IRBM’s as we are seeing with attacks on Israel. Though that program is also being slowly destoryed.
Iran was a threat to Israel, to the US, to the rest of the mideast, and to the world.
Bravo sir. Well written.
Do you really think the IAEA tells the truth.
Because this is upside down world the United States will probably become a fierce lion with four heads waging war and confiscating territory worldwide, pillage and plunder will be the soldiers pay.
Could be. An effort , a demonstration of what we were not but might have been.
Cool your heels and keep your powder dry. Iran is in disarray and this isn’t all to see in this bold action. Well planned so let’s see.
As to declare, do you really think the nimbleness of the executive branch, a the war maker military can be somehow restrained in any way by a cumbersome 650 person behemoth of an obstructionist congress? Traitors everywhere when the military requires the utmost security possible as lives are on the line?
The president leads the military. If at some point congress wants to formally declare , as in say it then go right ahead. These people are a box of rocks– Hakeem, Schumer, and the rest of the ignorant fools you call a congress.
Great security. Let’s all recall the stellar patriot Vindman. Congratulations cabinet for cleaning off the scabs.
Do you imagine there’s some glee in doing this? It’s as serious as the grave and President Trump cared indeed.
Peace for Israel. Peace for the Middle east.
Hear, Hear!! Well said, Professor Turley.. Spot On……!! Your Brilliant Analysis (and Creativity in Illustration..) never ceases to amaze & impress… Thank You…
Democrats are hypocrites. It doesn’t matter how you feel about war, Democrats are hypocrites.
The United States has formally declared war in five separate conflicts:
1. The first formal declaration occurred on June 18, 1812, when the United States declared war against the United Kingdom – 1812
2. On May 13, 1846, Congress declared war on Mexico at the request of President James K. Polk, following territorial disputes and military clashes in Texas.
3. The Spanish-American War marked another instance of a formal declaration of war. 1898
4. U.S. war declarations is Germany, which the United States formally declared war against in World War I – 1917
5. World War II 1941-1945 Germany and Japan, Franklin D. Roosevelt DU
Vietnam – Eisenhower Republican, Kennedy Democrat, Johnson Democrat, Nixon Republican. (1955, to 1975)
US recent undeclared wars, conflicts, interventions, and bombings ( does not include things like the first two undeclared Barbary wars, only wars after WW2):
Truman Democrat – Korea (1951-1953)
Vietnam – Eisenhower Republican, Kennedy Democrat, Johnson Democrat, Nixon Republican. (1955, to 1974)
Eisenhower – Republican U.S. military intervention in Lebanon in 1958
Kennedy Democrat – Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba by Cuban Exiles with U.S. aid in 1961
Lyndon B. Johnson Democrat – U.S. Invasion/Intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1965
Richard Nixon, Republican – secret bombing campaigns in Cambodia
Ronald Reagan Republican – U.S. Intervention in Lebanon, U.S. Invasion of Grenada, U.S. Conflict with Libya’
George H.W. Bush Republican – U.S Invasion of Panama in 1989, U.S Invasion of Panama in 1989, Persian Gulf War against Iraq in 1990-1991
Bill Clinton Democrat – U.S. Invasion of Haiti in 1991, Bosnian War (1992-1995), Kosovo War of 1999, U.S. Retaliation against al-Qaida in Sudan and Afghanistan 1998.
George W. Bush Republican – War in Afghanistan-The U.S invaded Afghanistan to fight al-Qaida and the Taliban, Invasion and Occupation of Iraq.
Barack Obama Democrat – Libyan War of 2011, War with ISIS, U.S. aid to France in Mali War (2014)-U.S. provides air support, U.S. intervention in Joseph Kony conflict-U.S. troops aid Ugandan, U.S. Intervention in Libyan Civil War (authorized military airstrikes in Libya), U.S. Intervention in Yemen Civil War, U.S. Intervention in Somali Civil War.
Biden Democrat- Proxy war with Russia, Ukraine intervention, funding, military arms and equipment, and troops.
Why weren’t any of these unconstitutional?
Donald J. Trump Republican first term: Started no new wars.
Donald J. Trump Republican second term: Bombed Iran.
Democratic response: UNCONSTITUTIONAL IMPEACH TRUMP!
Democrats are Hypocrites. Politicians should at least be consistent regardless of party.
Jake – excellent!
KAMALA/DEMS would have told IRAN “DON’T”
And that would have been after a nuke hit Israel and some US bases in the region.
Oh thanks for the reminder
Just one word- don’t and that’s a contraction . I have just one contraction for you….omg
A Democrat supporter of Biden and Kamala says:
“I’m not a blind tribalist and am perfectly comfortable praising President Trump for bold and courageous actions in support of America’s core national interests, as he took last night.”
“I also believe VP Harris would not have had the courage or fortitude to take such an essential step as the president took last night.”
https://x.com/JamieMetzl/status/1936771846214430904
Dear Prof Turley,
I know how you feel. I, too, have opposed all these unprovoked and undeclared wars of aggression in the past – from Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Ukraine, etc., etc. .. to the global war on terror (gwot), the stupid’est, most insidious GD war (ie. terror) in the history of mankind. (see also,eg., the AUMF)
These feckless democrats are all alike. Obnoxious, seditious political hacks who will sacrifice any/all moral or ethical convictions, by any means necessary, to achieve a political goal. In the dictionary, that’s the same definition as ‘terrorism’!
—>. .. In the meantime, the calls for impeachment are absurd given the prior actions of presidents in using this very authority. Once again, some Democrats appear intent on applying a different set of rules for impeaching Trump than any of his predecessors.
Exactly. If you can’t impeach Bush Jr. & Dick Cheney’s Satanic Rituals, Uncle Tom Obama or ‘genocide’ Joe .. . who can you impeach?
https://theonion.com/letter-to-congress/
Obama is no Uncle Tom. Not only is he a race essentialist rather than someone who seeks to curry favor with whites, the real Uncle Tom was a righteous and dignified man, far from the stereotype of today. If you don’t believe me, read Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Not only is it perhaps the finest anti-slavery novel to be published, it is one of the greatest novels of any classification (and it happens to be my favorite novel of all time).
Of course Obama is no Uncle Tom .. . but he damn sure fooled me old man.
Guilty as charged.
*I won’t make that mistake again!
MIGA – Make Iran Great Again:
https://www.jfeed.com/middleeast/trump-iran-regime-change-speculation
Meanwhile, the Democrat party is in disarray:
Multiple Democratic leaders have released statements on Operation Midnight Hammer, and seem confused about whether to support or condemn it, and on what grounds.
https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/democrats-divided-trump-iran-strike
A a debt of gratitude to wealthy Jews who helped a sociopathic narcissist cheat his way into power and who want the United States to fight Israel’s wars for them, coupled with a massive ego, cratering poll numbers, consistent lying, a lack of patriotism, surrounding onself with syncopantic, unqualified toadies who cannot be trusted and undersized genitals are a dangerous combination. It’s time to end America’s suffering before things get any worse. How much will it take for enough Republicans to stand up for what’s right before our economy completely crashes, millions of Americans don’t have health insurance and we get embroiled in yet another unnecessary war? What did Iran do to us and WHY should America defend Israel and the stupid errors it makes? Why did Trump claim Gabbard doesn’t know what she’s talking about when she says Iran was NOT close to a nuclear weapon–something insiders KNOW is true? But, even it it were true, WHY did Trump pull us out of the Iran nuclear deal-OTHER THAN the fact that it was Barak Obama who got it done and he has the pathological need to get out in front of those cameras and appear “tough” and that he’s pushing about people? MAGA media is all over the place trying to defend everything Trump does–from the on again–off again–tariffs, to militarizing the National Guard without any need to do so, to his failed ICE raids, to arresting and disappearing people without due process, ignoring court orders, and now, starting what might be WWIII–all because wealthy Jewish donors gave him millions of dollars.
^ The delusion is strong with this one ^
Is that you Ayatollah? Or perhaps Adolph Hitler’s ghost?
Someone, and I’m not saying who, has clearly grabbed Trump by the p*ssy!
*Elon says it’s all there in the ‘Epstein files’!!
dgsnowden Doesn’t know what a woman is! OR A MAN!!!
..dear ‘Anonymous’ from the Darkside.. please.. seek psychiatric help before your delusional psychosis & inability to know right from wrong, facts from hearsay, gets any worse…
And Obama who got it done
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O-dumber did NO such thing!
All the did was hand the leaders of Iran and bunch of cash to use for more terror.
For which they did.
Why is it that on every issue Democrats increasingly look like enemy agents out to destroy this country?
The administration wisely did not tell any Democrats of the impending strike on Iran.
This time no leaks to warn the enemy.
@Young
Because they are. 🤷🏻♂️
It does not’ seem that way’, it is in fact that way. They are out to destroy the country.
That was what Obama, the traitor, meant when he said his goal was to “fundamentally transform the country”.
Karmela is for they/them. Trump is for you. And he’ll prove it by preventing the genocidal death cult ruling Iran from going nuclear and blowing your head off.
Trump is Shane. He brings a kind of violence that makes civilization possible.
Trump will leave when there aren’t any more guns in the valley:
#. The bombing using bunker buster bombs could be delivered by the USA, only. It was an expiration of three nuclear development sites and was executed perfectly by the United States military. Security was perfect.
#. Today, missiles are still being launched into Israel.
They don’t learn.
#. Operation Midnight Hammer was perfectly executed, Mr. President.
Someone changes the posts and deletes.
This site is bunk me thinks.
Talley ho!
Marjorie Taylor Greene has some thoughts.
Copied below for your reading pleasure.
https://x.com/repmtg/status/1936844893655020017?s=12
I don’t know anyone in America who has been the victim of a crime or killed by Iran, but I know many people who have been victims of crime committed by criminal illegal aliens or MURDERED by Cartel and Chinese fentanyl/drugs.
Almost everyone in our country can relate to this fact.
However America has not dropped bunker busters on the Cartel’s sophisticated drug tunnels, launched tomahawks on massive cartel poisonous drug operations, or gone to war against the cartels international terrorists networks.
Neocon warmongers beat their drums of war and act like Billy badasses going to war in countries most Americans have never seen and can’t find on a map, but never find the courage to go to war against the actual terrorists who actually do kill Americans, invade our land, and make BILLIONS doing it day after day, year after year.
I’m 51 years old. I’m GenX.
I’ve watched our country go to war in foreign lands for foreign causes on behalf of foreign interests for as long as I can remember. I was in 10th grade when Desert Storm started and my father before me was sent to Vietnam, another senseless foreign war.
America is $37 TRILLION in debt and all of these foreign wars have cost Americans TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS of dollars that never benefited any American.
American troops have been killed and forever torn apart physically and mentally for regime change, foreign wars, and for military industrial base profits.
I’m sick of it.
I can easily say I support nuclear armed Israel’s right to defend themselves and also say at the same time I don’t want to fight or fund nuclear armed Israel’s wars.
Nor any other country for that matter.
I’m sick of funding foreign aid and foreign countries and foreign everything.
I want to fund American interests and issues.
I want GREAT trade deals so American businesses and people can afford goods and be successful.
I want low inflation and low interest rates.
I want American construction, housing, and manufacturing to BOOM.
I want Americans to be rich and have security in their future.
I want my children’s generation to HAVE A GREAT FUTURE!!!
My kids are 22, 25, and 27.
It pisses me off beyond comprehension that my children’s generation can’t afford to buy a house, can’t afford insurance, and have little hope for their future!!!
Americans are exhausted by all of this and rightfully so.
Now what has been done is done and Americans now fear Iranian terrorists attacks on our own soil and being dragged into another war by Netanyahu when we weren’t even thinking about any of this a week ago.
We don’t know what the future holds and I pray for the safety of all people and an end to the constant demand for America to go to war.
Enough is enough.
Marjorie Taylor Greene has bigger balls than all you pathetic, snivelling little beta males that infest this site.
You are all really omega males.
You may not have any balls at all.
I’m talking to you, oldman, Dustoff, James, Young, lin, Sam, hullbobby, edwardmahl, Olly, and the rest of you pathetic losers
We would call you out too except you won’t create a name. Real big ones you got there.
Right On Marjorie Taylor Greene! The U.S. bombing of Mexico City is the next thing on the todo list.
Cut off the Head of the Snake from the Panama Canal to the North Pole, from Greenland to Hawaii.
Lets Git-R-Done!
and them French Canadians gotta go too!
We’ll be happy to draft your children and thanks for the contribution, anon. Yes, enough is enough with death to America. Yes it is.
Obama boldly supported Iran by flying billions of U S taxpayer funds for the Ayatollah to maintain an active terrorist state. DJT initiated the strategy of ONE AND DONE to diminish the near term global threat of nuclear terrorism while enabling Iranians to determine what their future should be.
Blum, that was cash.
It is troublesome that the Democrats take this position. The Immigrants they’re NGOs imported (both Legal and Illegal) have not followed the laws of Selective Service System registration. And you can expect that some of them received S.S. Benefits (Welfare Subsidies) with out following the Selective Service System Laws.
According to law, a man must register with Selective Service within 30 days of his 18th birthday. Selective Service accepts late registrations up until a man reaches his 26th birthday. (This includes: Legal and Illegal Immigrants)
Failure to register is a felony and non-registrants may be denied the following benefits for life:
State-based student loans and grant programs in 31 states
Federal job training under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (formerly Workforce Investment Act)
Federal (and many state and local) jobs
Up to a 5-year delay of U.S. citizenship proceedings for immigrants
Men 18-25 can register online with a valid SSN, by using our printable registration form, or by completing a form (SSS Form 1) at the post office. Once a man turns 26, he is no longer able to register.
Yes. All undocumented males 18 through 25 years of age, other than those admitted on non-immigrant visas, must register, whether or not they have a green card.
https://www.sss.gov/register/who-needs-to-register/#p1
Males 26 through 31 years of age
https://www.sss.gov/register/men-26-and-older/
(Summary: Immigrant Males 26-31 will face delays in up to a 5-year delay of U.S. citizenship proceedings)
Failure to register with Selective Service is a violation of the Military Selective Service Act. Conviction for such a violation may result in imprisonment for up to five years and/or a fine of not more than $250,000.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the United States Constitution: “The Congress shall have Power To … raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years… .”
The constitutionality of the Military Selective Service Act (MSSA) has been consistently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. As was stated by the Court in the case of Wayte v. United States, 470 U.S. 598 (1985), “Few interests can be more compelling than a nation’s need to ensure its own security. It is well to remember that freedom as we know it has been suppressed in many countries. Unless a society has the capability and will to defend itself from the aggressions of others, constitutional protections of any sort have little meaning. Recognizing this fact, the Framers listed “provid[ing] for the common defense,…, as a motivating purpose for the Constitution and granted Congress the power to “provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States,” Art. I, 8, cl. 1. “In United States v. O’Brien, 391 U.S. 367, 377 (1968), quoting Lichter v. United States, 334 U.S. 742, 756, the Court wrote, ” the power … to classify and conscript manpower for military service is `beyond question.”
That’s right, anon! The United States isn’t just an address. It’s the nation we love. Our friends are our friends!
Surprise surprise, politicians are hypocrites. IMHO, dropping bombs on a foreign country is an act of war and without Congress declaring war, is unconstitutional. About time Congress got a backbone.a
Hey baby, what dem sent us to war in Nam without Congress….
Fool!
Now you want to follow the law. LOL
by the way, what are your GPS coordinates? There’s a B-2 pilot looking to lay down the big one for a dudette like you and you have told everyone how fabulous you are as a sub bottom. Is this about right?
Coordinates WEST HOLLYWOOD North 34° 5′ 24.036″ N East -118° 21′ 42.264″ E
The War Powers Resolution, 1973, gives POTUS a 60 Day Window to act thus without a declaration of war or specific Congressional authrization. Do the research before you open your mouth.
“Surprise surprise, politicians are hypocrites. IMHO, dropping bombs on a foreign country is an act of war”
Not an opinion a fact. Bombing a country is an act of war.
“without Congress declaring war, is unconstitutional.”
That is squishier. Presidents starting with Washington have engaged in military actions without going to congress.
Nor would we want differently. Sometimes action needs to be taken more quickly that congress can act.
But generally presidents should seek the approval of congress before initiating acts of war.
Trump is not the first US president to bomb a country without congressional authorization.
Trump is an alpha male. The Dem party is populated by beta males like Schumer and Tampon Tim who pee their pants around Trump. But they get elected by voters who squeal with delight when their pols say big words like “impeachment,” “consequential,” and “devastating.” The pols are simply providing the entertainment their constituents require for reelection.
Oldman
And you are a whiny, subservient little beta male who is unable to think for himself and just follows the leader.
In reality you are probably just a pathetic little omega male.
You may not even be a REAL male at all.
@oldman
No doubt. And I’m sure some of these whiners are just sad they didn’t have the opportunity to leak the intel ahead of time. Our modern dems are a sad, sad, and obvious joke.
Let us hope the majority of us are still not swayed by their histrionics, because that is all they are. That a portion of us are so comfy we can equate real world events with very serious repercussions with simple entertainment speaks volumes, and the media are the worst offenders. We can’t go back to what we saw nakedly from 2020 – 2024 on the part of the global left ever again.
I have literally zero issues with this strike. Concise, surgical, and all that was required. The naysayers can shut their mouths, this is what our military is for, and it is precisely how we should use it. No carpet bombing, a la Obama et. al, where people could be lulled into thinking they were playing a video game.
It should be obvious to all that ‘Forever Wars’ do not need Congressional approval.
They just are, simple as that is going to be.
JD Vance….“We’re not at war with Iran. We’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program.”
WTF? We dropped very large bombs inside Iran. I am pretty sure that if some country dropped one or more bombs on United States soil, every person on this blog would call that an act of war. Unless…you are all hypocrites. which is entirely possible based on pretty much every other conflicting opinion you have on trump v Biden.
Yep to stop the mad leaders of that nation.
Just like Clinton & O-dumber did.
Remember that baby.
@Baby
You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but you are aptly named. The rest of us are entitled to, ‘Meh.’, and move on. And we are, and we will. Enjoy the dust. The entire world is moving on. The era of despotism is drawing to a close, whether you like it or not. Cling as tenaciously as you like; the result will be the same.
BT two things can be true at the same time.
Dropping bombs on a country is an “act of war”
The US is not at war with the Iranian people – nor is Israel.
Both are true.