War Powers
The Constitution and War Powers: Not a Presidential Dictatorship
We are long past the point at which constitutional arguments have much hope of restraining the American political class, either at home or abroad. They are still worth making, though, since they serve to show the two major parties’ contempt for American law and...
One Year Later, America’s Airstrike on Syria is Still Illegal
by Michael Zigismund On April 6, 2017, the United States bombed a Syrian airbase. The bombing was in response to a chemical attack immediately thought to be ordered at the behest of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad just two days before. This bombing was illegal. Even...
Reference Guide: The Constitution and War Powers
This article is featured in today’s Tenther newsletter, which everyone in the nullification movement gets daily or weekly. Be one of them – and Become a member here to support the TAC. With all the talk about the President’s speech on Afghanistan, it seems that...
Afghanistan: Under the Constitution, it isn’t the President’s Decision to Make
As a candidate, Pres. Trump called the war in Afghanistan “futile” and pledged to pull the U.S. out of the quagmire. But in a recent speech, the president announced a plan committed to extending and deepening U.S. military involvement in that country....