Donald Trump’s attack on Iran may set off a showdown over the president’s authority to declare war. The case could end up in court, giving conservative justices a long-awaited chance to end Congress’s ability to limit presidents’ warmaking powers.
Donald Trump’s attack on Iran may set off a showdown over the president’s authority to declare war. The case could end up in court, giving conservative justices a long-awaited chance to end Congress’s ability to limit presidents’ warmaking powers.
It’ll be “fun” to see how they spin it so that the constitution says that the president has a power that it explicitly gives to congress.
The spin will be “yeah but the Framers never expected such a smart, handsome, and big-handed president!”
It is the opinion of this court that the President is exercising his power to “have fun”. Congressional authorization is not required for “having fun”.
“We cite Cyndi Lauper’s 1983 ruling that ‘girls just wanna have fun’”
“The word congress was meant metaphorically”
Possibly some variant of this.