How presidents used the 2001 AUMF to justify wars unrelated to 9/11
Congress’s blank check helped launched conflicts, many currently ongoing, that have nothing to do with the terrorist attacks.
Congress’s blank check helped launched conflicts, many currently ongoing, that have nothing to do with the terrorist attacks.
The next step — passing the full Congress — seems closer than ever, which would end a 20-year-run for this much abused authority.
If Congress wants to vote on a new war against Iran, it should summon the political courage to do so.
57 years after Senators Gruening and Morse made their lonely stand, lawmakers are still passively ceding war powers to the president.
But an authorization for military conflict in Africa just won’t die as lawmakers move to renew a controversial counter-terror program, too.
Republican lawmaker wants a repeal of the ‘blank check’ 2002 AUMF, calling the president’s war powers “disturbingly broad.”
Saying the 2002 authorization for military force has been “stretched beyond belief,” they hope to help pass a bipartisan bill on Thursday.
Bet you didn’t know there was an authorization for the use of military force against international communism still on the books.
The Michigan freshman and combat veteran says it’s time for Congress to step up and take care of this ‘low hanging fruit.’
The president has made some tentatively positive moves on drone strikes and AUMF. But let’s take a deeper look.
Bipartisan momentum is again building to repeal the 2002 AUMF; will the Defense Department stand in the way?
Reps. Barbara Lee and Betty McCollum just took over two key sub-committees focused on foreign policy and defense spending.
Curtailing U.S. militarism is popular. Maybe it’s time to tackle the Pentagon’s budget too.
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