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Wwcd

(6,288 posts) Fri Apr 13, 2018, 10:46 PM Apr 2018

This is NOT like AUMF. 88 Lawmakers Urge Trump To Get Their Sign Off To Bomb Syria

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5ad117abe4b077c89ce89301

04/13/2018 06:07 pm ET
88 Lawmakers Urge Trump To Get Their Sign Off To Bomb Syria
“Engaging our military in Syria ... without prior congressional authorization would violate the separation of powers,” say House Republicans and Democrats.

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“We stand ready to consider the facts before us and share the burden of decisions made regarding U.S. involvement in the quickly escalating Syrian conflict,” the letter states.

Republicans on the letter include Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), Thomas Massie (Ky.), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Walter Jones (N.C.), Ted Yoho (Fla.), Raúl Labrador (Idaho), David Schweikert (Ariz.), Mia Love (Utah), Kurt Schrader (Wash.), Mark Sanford (S.C.), Morgan Griffith (Va.), Andy Biggs (Ky.), Jason Lewis (Minn.), Mo Brooks (Ala.) and Rod Blum (Iowa).

(Copy of the full letter at link)

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As the House lawmakers point out, Trump may not have the constitutional authority to unilaterally bomb Syria without their sign off.

Lawmakers are constitutionally required to authorize any sustained military action.

For years, President Barack Obama went around Congress to take military action against the self-described Islamic State by saying he could use a sweeping 2001 authorization for use of military force, or AUMF, to do it.
That AUMF, which has no expiration date, allowed then-President George W. Bush to attack anyone connected to Al Qaeda, anywhere, at any time. Obama argued that ISIS was an offshoot of Al Qaeda, so he argued he could invoke the same AUMF.

Trump can’t make that argument for launching missile strikes on Syrian government targets, even if House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) says it’s fine if he does.

The administration hasn’t even tried to make that case.

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This is NOT like AUMF. 88 Lawmakers Urge Trump To Get Their Sign Off To Bomb Syria (Original Post) Wwcd Apr 2018 OP

88 out of 535 16%. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2018 #1

America loves war...and the media eats it up...remember Iraq? Shameful bullying nation. Fred Sanders Apr 2018 #2

PoliticAverse

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1. 88 out of 535 16%. n/t

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Fri Apr 13, 2018, 10:54 PM

Apr 2018

Fred Sanders

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2. America loves war...and the media eats it up...remember Iraq? Shameful bullying nation.

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 13, 2018, 10:59 PM

Apr 2018

Now with unilateral only one man needed declarations of war against any sovereign nation...and that man is....Trump.

Sleep easy.

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