#Syria #unchecked_military_activities
Over 30 lawmakers question Biden’s legal reasoning for strikes
More than 30 lawmakers - from both parties - today will send a letter to Biden questioning the administration’s legal rationale for bypassing Congress before launching a military strike.
“We are deeply troubled by your administration’s dangerous claim that Article II of the Constitution permits you to bypass Congressional authorization to perform strikes inside Syria, as well as your administration’s claim that the wide range of activities that you have undertaken as part of the ongoing U.S. occupation of a large swath of Syrian territory is justified by the Authorization for Use of Military Force ... of 2001.”
“These claims raise serious constitutional questions about unchecked military activities conducted by the Executive Branch in Syria and Iraq without approval from Congress, and they could lead to actions that prolong the U.S.’s involvement in ‘endless wars’ overseas.”
Far Far Away
