War and the Separation of Powers
The Constitution is clear that only Congress can declare war and only the president can wage it.
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Trump’s Syria Airstrikes are Unconstitutional
While the President certainly is not the first to violate the Constitution on war powers, it’s high time that he becomes the last.
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The Constitution and War Powers: Not a Presidential Dictatorship
The neoconservative argument is based on ignorance or dishonesty. There is no third possibility.
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One Year Later, America’s Airstrike on Syria is Still Illegal
No matter how you slice it, last April’s airstrikes were illegal. The only unanswered question for this new phase in Syria’s war is whether that will matter if the United States conducts a redo.
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Reference Guide: The Constitution and War Powers
Eight articles and two videos on war powers under the Constitution.
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Afghanistan: Under the Constitution, it isn’t the President’s Decision to Make
His personal opinion on Afghanistan shouldn’t be the final say, and it wouldn’t be if Congress reasserted its proper authority over the issue of war.
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America’s Plunge from Republic to Empire
Despite the War Powers Clause, World War II was the last war for which Congress issued an official declaration of war.
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Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates
While all modern presidents should recognize Jefferson’s refusal to usurp war power, they haven’t done so for over a century.
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Obama’s Plan for Syria Airstrikes is Unconstitutional
This unilateral decision by the President to engage the United States in war is wildly unconstitutional.
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Rattling the Pentagon’s Cage: Defend the Guard Legislation Threatens the Unconstitutional Status Quo
Threats from Pentagon officials doomed a West Virginia bill that would have blocked unconstitutional foreign deployments of the state’s National Guard troop
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Can the President Kill Americans?
What a sad, sorry, unconstitutional state of affairs this Obama presidency and its enablers in Congress have brought us.
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West Virginia Bill Would Block Unconstitutional National Guard Deployments
A bill introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates this week would block unconstitutional foreign deployments of the state’s national guard troops, effectively restoring the Founders’ framework for state-federal balance on the Guard.
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