But only AFTER Congress has declared it.....and not this 'resolution' crap either. An actual Declaration of War.
The War Powers Act cannot conflict with the provisions in the Constitution. If it does, it effectively nullifies itself.
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The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.
James Madison
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose—and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
Abraham Lincoln ~ Letter to William Herndon Feb. 15, 1848
Well stated...
I’m just amazed at how many fellow “conservatives” try to construe the War Powers Act as somehow superceeding the Constitution itself.
If you really believe that, you ain’t a conservative or libertarian...you are something else...
=8-)