The POTUS has a window of discretion where he can act unilaterally without congressional approval. And they ALL have done so over many terms.
The hard stop is when congress needs to appropriate funds to pay for the war/police action.
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2025
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Maybe we need to take away those powers and put Congress in control.
Perhaps. Until there is a real crisis that does require immediate action. There is no good answer here. Have a window of discretion, or be unable to trigger action and get innocent people killed due to inaction.
Which do you prefer?
OMG that's hilarious. We haven't declared war since WWII. But how many presidents have done just that? Good luck with that argument.
Oh. He must not.
And you're going to stop him, right?
He's not wrong. Definition of genocide and war crimes are also pretty clearly enshrined. As are our countries laws against funding them.
yhea, Have you seen the news?
rule of law is dead in the US
He’ll do what he wants without consequence, whine about it online as if he’s somehow the victim, and then continue to break more laws.
“I don’t care what that old paper says” -Trump
Well, shit.
By Trump's rules: Have no plan, just do the opposite of what the liberals want
Now he has to
The Constitution is NOT ambiguous!..........except 1A....and 2A....and 25A....you know what? It's NOT ambiguous on things that I disagree with!!
What a sweet old man.