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To: sargon

> unequivocally Constitutional

Sure it is. /s

There is no imminent threat to the US, a threat that would not admit of delay, that requires an immediate attack on Syria.


168 posted on 04/06/2017 10:01:49 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Ray76
There is no imminent threat to the US, a threat that would not admit of delay, that requires an immediate attack on Syria.

Such a determination is solely the judgement of the President, and if the Congress disagrees with the president's determination regarding an "imminent threat", then there is an eminently Constitutional remedy: impeachment.

Under the Constitution, impeaching the President for the "high crime and misdemeanor" of bombing Syria yesterday would be the legitimate solution.

In the absence of such a proceeding, such use of military action by the President—as its Commander in Chief—is de facto Constitutonal...

170 posted on 04/06/2017 10:18:56 PM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: Ray76

“...There is no imminent threat to the US...”

And you know this how???


182 posted on 04/07/2017 6:43:59 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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