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To: jude24

You forget the Senate. Mitch McConnell has a solid filibuster-proof group of Senators. If their president tells them this is right, they will support him.

And the resolution will not be repealed. It is a joint resolution and all of Congress would have to be involved.

Besides that, there is the constitutional question of whether congress can undeclare a military authorization. Once you start some things, you have to finish them.

"Guys, guys...Hey, you Islamofascists, Congress said we're finished, so you've gotta stop, too. Got that? Now, go on home. There's nothing to see here. Nothing else to do."


123 posted on 02/24/2007 6:34:13 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
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To: xzins; P-Marlowe; OrthodoxPresbyterian
Mitch McConnell has a solid filibuster-proof group of Senators. If their president tells them this is right, they will support him.

That filibuster-proof group of Senators will evaporate if Bush goes off half-cocked against Iran.

"There are roads which must not be followed,
armies which must not be attacked,
towns which must not be besieged,
positions which must not be contested,
commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed."
-- Sun Tzu, The Art of War, 7.3
Besides that, there is the constitutional question of whether congress can undeclare a military authorization.

Congress has the sole power to declare war, to levy an army and navy, and to regulate said entities. It's pretty clear they can.

129 posted on 02/24/2007 6:40:10 PM PST by jude24
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