Obama Follows Predecessors Down Path of Unauthorized War

Obama Follows Predecessors Down Path of Unauthorized War

Barack Obama is wrong to think he possesses the authority to launch airstrikes against the Islamic State terrorist army without obtaining congressional authorization. The authors of the U.S. Constitution stipulated that the nation's chief executive was not to initiate war making without the approval of Congress: Observing the chaos and carnage brought on by Europe's belligerent heads of state, America's founders believed that war without the consent of the people was as unjust as taxation without representation. READ MORE

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