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To: V_TWIN
I think Rubio is right. If Congress wants to stop military action, it has the power of the purse to bar the spending of funds. That is the correct constitutional limit on the President's ability to engage in military action.

The War Powers Act isn't constitutional.

2 posted on 05/06/2026 7:28:20 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin
I think Rubio is right. If Congress wants to stop military action, it has the power of the purse to bar the spending of funds. That is the correct constitutional limit on the President's ability to engage in military action. The War Powers Act isn't constitutional.

Yup.

3 posted on 05/06/2026 7:33:11 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

That’s the truth.


8 posted on 05/06/2026 7:44:02 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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