House to vote Thursday on war powers resolution after Iran attack
Thank you for the ping...doesn’t it take both the House and Senate to change the Constitution??? Seems to me like there is something in there that just a vote on the floor of one part can’t make a law for the Country, I’ll have to research this...
... The WPA is probably unconstitutional. If the president is vested with authority by the Constitution, that authority may not be limited by a mere statute. The president’s Article II powers as commander-in-chief include the power to use military force when the United States or its vital interests are threatened.
Indeed, during the Civil War, the Supreme Court held in the Prize Cases that, when the United States is under attack, the president has not merely the constitutional power but the duty to use whatever force is necessary to repel the attack, regardless of whether Congress has permitted the use of force.
Moreover, the WPA would enable Congress to direct the president to withdraw forces by a joint resolution; but the Supreme Court has held that such legislative vetoes are unconstitutional – law can only be enacted when the president signs legislation passed by both houses (unless there is a veto override, as there was with the WPA)....
House, senate and 3/4 of the states, or popular vote, I forget which.
Okay, the popular vote part is a joke.
I'm just a bill....
here on Capitol hill....(Schoolhouse Rock - PSA's)