https://mwi.westpoint.edu/the-law-of-armed-and-unmanned-conflict/ https://mwi.westpoint.edu/the-law-of-armed-and-unmanned-conf... > As the Supreme Court conclu

https://mwi.westpoint.edu/the-law-of-armed-and-unmanned-conflict/ https://mwi.westpoint.edu/the-law-of-armed-and-unmanned-conf... > As the Supreme Court concluded, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qaeda, and Congress’s 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force—along with the president’s commander-in-chief authority under Article II of the Constitution—provides ample domestic legal authority to conduct military operations against al-Qaeda. tl;dr: We haven't been ignoring the Constitution for a very long time.