No War Is Illegal (When They All Are) [TEASER]
5-4
Prologue Projects
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
As President Trump leads the U.S. into his very own middle eastern war, now may be a good time to ask: what part of the government actually has the power to declare war? And why does this theoretically limited power get used…constantly? Countries around the world would love to know.
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| 1:26.1 | Hey, everyone. This is Leon from Prologue Projects. |
| 1:31.9 | On this subscriber-only episode of 5 to 4, Peter, Riannon, and Michael are telling the story |
| 1:37.4 | of war in America and tracing the evolution of the law around who in the government gets |
| 1:42.4 | to decide when the country starts one. |
| 1:45.3 | As the Trump White House continues its war in Iran, it felt like a good time to take a look |
| 1:49.7 | at what the Constitution has to say about the power to declare war, and how various presidents |
| 1:54.6 | from both parties have pushed this power to its absolute limits, broadening it so that America |
| 1:59.8 | can drop bombs wherever the president wants |
| 2:01.8 | without congressional approval. This is 5 to 4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court |
| 2:07.7 | and the unchecked power of the executive to wreak havoc around the globe suck. |
| 2:24.5 | Welcome to 5 to 4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have closed off our rights. |
| 2:26.8 | Like Iran closing off, the straight of Hormuz. |
| 2:27.7 | I'm Peter. |
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