Republicans: Unfettered Presidential War Powers? Yes, Please.
MSNBC highlights Republicans blocking an effort to curb a President Trump's ability to launch military strikes in international waters, framing it as a party-line defense of executive overreach. What they conveniently omit? The bipartisan eagerness to expand presidential war powers for decades, from drone strikes to 'surgical' interventions, often justified by vague AUMFs passed long ago. One
might recall similar hand-wringing (or lack thereof) when prior administrations, both Republican and Democratic, executed strikes without explicit congressional approval. The 'rule of law' in foreign policy, it appears, is less about consistent principle and more about who holds the presidential leash. How many generations of 'war on terror' does it take for Congress to finally reclaim its
constitutional authority?