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🗓️ 15 January 2020
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Is the War Powers Act of 1973 unconstitutional? John Bolton thinks so and Tweeted as much. Donald Trump immediately praised the move, and Republicans for several decades have called for its repeal. They are all right, but not for their stated reasons. The War Powers Act of 1973 is unconstitutional because it grants TOO much power to the president, not because it limits his "constitutional authority" as Bolton and others argue. I dive into this issue in Episode 282 of The Brion McClanahan Show.
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0:30.7 | The Brian McClanahan Show, episode 282. It's time to think locally and act locally. |
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2:11.7 | Let's talk about the topic for the day, and this is about a week lag. |
2:15.7 | And when I say that, the issue was hot last week, but I didn't have time to podcast about it last week. |
2:22.7 | So I'm going to talk about it today. |
2:24.2 | And it's something that actually referenced in my founding father's guide to the Constitution almost, well, it's about eight years ago now, when that particular book came out, eight years. |
2:34.7 | So I was already ahead of the curve. |
2:36.9 | But this has to do, of course, with Trump's use of force against Soleimani and Iran. |
2:45.2 | And the Congress or the congressional response, I should say, to that use of force in invoking the War Powers Act or the War Powers Resolution, |
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