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While valid, this is a technical interpretation that misses the point IMO. Look at the range of actions the AUMF's are applied to. The AUMF's, in effect, allo
by chishaku 7y ago
While valid, this is a technical interpretation that misses the point IMO.
Look at the range of actions the AUMF's are applied to. The AUMF's, in effect, allow the executive to wage war pretty much anywhere on the planet for an indefinite amount of time.
In your view, is Congress honoring the spirit of their Constitutional duty?
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Look at the range of actions the AUMF's are applied to. The AUMF's, in effect, allow the executive to wage war pretty much anywhere on the planet for an indefinite amount of time. Most declarations of war do not have temporal or geographic bounds. What was unusually expansive about the 9/11 AUMF (not AUMFs more generally, neither prior nor subsequent AUMFs have had this feature) is that it also delegates the decision of the actual primary opponent(s) to executive discretion, which, yes, is an abdication of Congressional responsibility. But that's the 9/11 AUMF, not AUMFs in general.