3/27/2011, 2:40 pm
The War Powers Act:
(c) Presidential executive power as Commander-in-Chief; limitation
The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to
(1) a declaration of war,
(2) specific statutory authorization, or
(3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.
The Obama administration version adds:
(4) the War Powers Act applies except in the case of a unilateral international mission in the name of saving lives, in which case the President gets a waiver and can do anything he wants and anything goes.
The Kinetic Cowboy is off and running! Sort of like a rodeo clown in a teeny little cowboy hat running and hiding behind a barrel of water.
Not someone that even children would ever take seriously.
(c) Presidential executive power as Commander-in-Chief; limitation
The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to
(1) a declaration of war,
(2) specific statutory authorization, or
(3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.
The Obama administration version adds:
(4) the War Powers Act applies except in the case of a unilateral international mission in the name of saving lives, in which case the President gets a waiver and can do anything he wants and anything goes.
The Kinetic Cowboy is off and running! Sort of like a rodeo clown in a teeny little cowboy hat running and hiding behind a barrel of water.
Not someone that even children would ever take seriously.