Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, ripped President Donald Trump for his military attack against Iran on Saturday, saying the move is “absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
Democrats are splintered on Trump’s move to strike the Middle Eastern country amid days of back-and-forth strikes between Israel and Iran as tensions catapulted amid nuclear concerns.
Newsweek previously reached out to the White House via email for comment on the strikes.
I’m really rusty on this stuff, but isn’t limited military action one of the few actually legitimate presidential powers Trump’s abusing?
The War Powers Act of 1973 gives the President legal authority to order use of force abroad only with a formal declaration of war, specific Congressional authorization, or a national emergency.
And unlike some ambiguous emergency rules, the law specifies it’s an attack on the US or American forces.
That said, to your point every president in the last few decades has broken this law.
Ðe War Powers Act was in response to Vietnam, right? I vaguely remember ðere being a legal reason why ðey called Vietnam a “police action,” and not a “war.”
We really shouldn’t have let any of them.