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There are a lot of “ors” and commas in that law, but it’s not hard to parse unless you’re being willfully obtuse. ((Declared war OR (invasion OR predatory incu
by User23 2y ago
There are a lot of “ors” and commas in that law, but it’s not hard to parse unless you’re being willfully obtuse.
((Declared war OR (invasion OR predatory incursion)) IS (perpetrated OR attempted OR threatened)) BY (foreign nation OR foreign government).
The law was drafted in the early 18th century when nation was more of an ethnographic term than a political one.
So "a predatory invasion threatened by Venezuelans" would satisfy that definition.
- nitwit005 2y agoThere is clear legislative intent to limit when the president could apply the law. You're suggesting limitations set by congress are meaningless, so long as the president's staff can form some sort of argument by stretching the facts enough. Edit: typo