This week on listening to America with Clay Jenkinson, the war in Iran, and the U.S.

Constitution.

My frequent guest, Beau Breslin of Skidmore College in New York, joins me to try to understand

Donald Trump's war in Iran in the context of American history.

The Founding Fathers considered war so grave that they did everything in their power to make

sure it was not undertaken without the broad support of the American people. Founding Fathers considered war so grave that they did everything in their power to make sure

it was not undertaken without the broad support of the American people.

Accordingly, wars must begin in Congress, and in particular in the House of Representatives,

which is the body closest to the will of the people.

In the last 60 years, presidents of both parties have gone to war with less and less constitutional

respect,

but no previous war has been undertaken without any consultation of Congress at some level.

So far, Congress has voted against at least three war powers resolutions that might have put

some controls on our latest incursion into the Middle East.

What comes next? All of that and more on this week's Listening to America.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to this very special edition of Listening to America. I'm Clay Jenkinson,

and it's almost an emergency session of the listening to America crew, because we are now at war.

We've been at war for a week now with Iran, and that war has spread throughout the Middle East.

There's no end in sight, and I wanted to check in with my friend, the constitutional scholar,

Bo Breslin of Skidmore. First of all, Bo, welcome. Thanks, Clay. It's great to be back.

I'm sure we both had the same impulse on Saturday morning. We've got to talk about this. So here's

why I want to talk about it, Bo. The president of the United States went to war against Iran without talking to the

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