4 senators ask Biden what legal authority he has to strike Houthis | The Hill

4 senators ask Biden what legal authority he has to strike Houthis | The Hill A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to President Biden on Tuesday questioning what legal authority the commander in chief has to authorize strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The senators condemned Houthi attacks on commercial shipping and acknowledged the U.S. can carry out defensive strikes to protect its troops and assets under Article 2 of the Constitution — but raised questions about the authority to strike the Houthis when the rebels are mainly targeting international ships and not American ones.