Trump declares the 1973 War Powers Act unconstitutional

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floridafan

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John Bolton told him so:


President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the 1973 War Powers Act was unconstitutional and called for it to be repealed.

Since the 1803 Marbury v. Madison opinion, it is the Judicial Branch, not the Executive Branch, that has the power to declare laws passed by the Executive Branch to be unconstitutional.

Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton declared the law to be unconstitutional.

“The 1973 War Powers Resolution is unconstitutional,” Bolton argued.

“It reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of how the Constitution allocated foreign affairs authority between the President and Congress,” he continued“The Resolution should be repealed,” he urged.

Trump said, “Smart analysis, I fully agree!
 
floridafan said:
John Bolton told him so:


President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the 1973 War Powers Act was unconstitutional and called for it to be repealed.

Since the 1803 Marbury v. Madison opinion, it is the Judicial Branch, not the Executive Branch, that has the power to declare laws passed by the Executive Branch to be unconstitutional.

Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton declared the law to be unconstitutional.

“The 1973 War Powers Resolution is unconstitutional,” Bolton argued.

“It reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of how the Constitution allocated foreign affairs authority between the President and Congress,” he continued“The Resolution should be repealed,” he urged.

Trump said, “Smart analysis, I fully agree!
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"Laws passed by the executive branch"

Uhhhh, what?
 
floridafan said:
John Bolton told him so:


President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the 1973 War Powers Act was unconstitutional and called for it to be repealed.

Since the 1803 Marbury v. Madison opinion, it is the Judicial Branch, not the Executive Branch, that has the power to declare laws passed by the Executive Branch to be unconstitutional.

Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton declared the law to be unconstitutional.

“The 1973 War Powers Resolution is unconstitutional,” Bolton argued.

“It reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of how the Constitution allocated foreign affairs authority between the President and Congress,” he continued“The Resolution should be repealed,” he urged.

Trump said, “Smart analysis, I fully agree!
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How is the 1973 War Powers Act NOT unconstitutional asshat?
 
floridafan said:
John Bolton told him so:


President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the 1973 War Powers Act was unconstitutional and called for it to be repealed.

Since the 1803 Marbury v. Madison opinion, it is the Judicial Branch, not the Executive Branch, that has the power to declare laws passed by the Executive Branch to be unconstitutional.

Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton declared the law to be unconstitutional.

“The 1973 War Powers Resolution is unconstitutional,” Bolton argued.

“It reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of how the Constitution allocated foreign affairs authority between the President and Congress,” he continued“The Resolution should be repealed,” he urged.

Trump said, “Smart analysis, I fully agree!
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LINK shit-for-brains....LINK.
 
Trump did not know what the powers of the separate branches were when he decided to run and he has certainly not bothered to learn them, He may not be smart enough to digest the information,
 
Isn’t it cute how leftists are now all anti War Powers Act?

Kinda like them learning about the emoluments clause

I guess we should be heartened that leftists are actually learning about the US Constitution even if their motives are suspect
 
A liberal lawyers views when it was Libya and Obama.

For all the debate on the constitutionality of the President's actions, and the timeline in the War Powers Act, I think most are missing the really key point. What is being missed in the debate here is that the War Powers Act is, itself, unconstitutional.

The President's power to use our armed forces cannot be limited just to cases of self-defense, regardless of whatever the understanding of the founding fathers. Anyone trying to argue "original intent" here, should be awfully wary of making that argument.

That is why the President gave a rambling, vague report to Congress on Libya yesterday. He does not want to challenge the Act, so he offered a plausible argument that the situation no longer fits under the Act's notion of "hostilities." By fudging the issue he hopes to give himself room to operate and to give Congress some basis for moving on.

Similarly, I do not expect that the courts would take the Kucinich lawsuit and declare the President's actions in Libya to violate either the Constitution of the War Powers Act.

If this intervention comes to a vote, I would hope Congress would support the President. What Congress should not do, however, is avoid such a vote and insist that the War Powers Act itself sets some arbitrary time-clock that will automatically end our operations over Libya. It is not just morally reprehensible, it really is unconstitutional.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2011/6/16/985814/-
 
Nordberg said:
Trump did not know what the powers of the separate branches were when he decided to run and he has certainly not bothered to learn them, He may not be smart enough to digest the information,
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STFU Nerdberger; you don't have the slightest clue of what you bloviate about. :rolleyes:
 
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