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> It would still require congressional approval after 60 days "After 60 days" is very different from "first". And, since the President can unilaterally extend
by dragonwriter 2y ago
> It would still require congressional approval after 60 days
"After 60 days" is very different from "first".
And, since the President can unilaterally extend the timeline by 30 days, its actually 90 days, even if the War Powers Act is valid (an unresolved Constitutional question.)
And, in practice, it doesn't even require that if you don't have active majorities in Congress opposing the action; see the NATO-Yugoslavia war and the failure of legal challenges by members of Congress against it predicated on the War Powers Act limitations, because of lack of standing.