[Peace-discuss] Johnson opposes military action in Libya
C. G. Estabrook
galliher at illinois.edu
Fri Mar 25 16:09:33 CDT 2011
True enough. In fact Harry Truman in Korea is the best model for what BHO has
done - before of course the War Powers Act, but equally illegal.
On 3/25/11 3:32 PM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> No argument from /me/ here, just quoting the pundits' latest.
> And as for an actual Declaration of War, somebody pointed out that that hasn't
> happened since WW II...
> --Jenifer
>
> --- On *Fri, 3/25/11, Robert Naiman /<naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>/* wrote:
>
> A lot of folks seem to be under the mistaken impression - fostered in part
> by the Administration - that the War Powers Resolution - which despite the
> name "resolution," is a law - only contains reporting requirements.
>
> This is, of course, false...
>
> § 1541. Purpose and policy
> [...]
> (c) Presidential executive power as Commander-in-Chief; limitation
> The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to
> introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into
> situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly
> indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to
>
> (1) a declaration of war,
>
> (2) specific statutory authorization, or
>
> (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its
> territories or possessions, or its armed forces.
> [...]
>
> http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/50/usc_sec_50_00001541----000-.html
>
> There was no declaration of war. There was no specific statutory
> authorization. There was no attack on the United States or its armed
> forces. Therefore, the President violated the War Powers Resolution.
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com
> </mc/compose?to=jencart13 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> The current language used [to justify not consulting Congress] focuses
> on short duration and skips the eminent threat to the homeland stuff.
> Let's see if that's gonna play...
> --Jenifer
>
> --- On *Tue, 3/22/11, Robert Naiman /<naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> </mc/compose?to=naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>>/* wrote:
>
> Kucinich has pledged to introduce an amendment to any funding vehicle
> that would defund military operations in Libya - i.e., pretty similar
> to what Tim Johnson is proposing. He is circulating a letter to that
> effect; the last time I looked, Paul, Jones, and Stark had signed it.
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Karen Medina <*MailScanner has
> detected a possible fraud attempt from "mc" claiming to be*
> kmedina67 at gmail.com <http://mc/compose?to=kmedina67@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > Good going, Tim Johnson.
> > I am curious to see what Kucinich does.
> > -karen medina
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Rohn Koester <*MailScanner has
> detected a possible fraud attempt from "mc" claiming to be*
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> <http://mc/compose?to=rohnkoester@hotmail.com>> wrote:
> >> Johnson opposes military action in Libya
> >>
> >> Tue, 03/22/2011 - 11:30am | Tom Kacich
> >>
> >> U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson, R-Urbana, who already opposes U.S.
> involvement in
> >> wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, today said he would introduce
> legislation to
> >> de-fund military action in Libya.
> >>
> >> The six-term Republican said he would work with Rep. Justin
> Amash, R-Mich.,
> >> a freshman congressman, to draft legislation declaring the action
> >> unconstitutional.
> >>
> >> “Constitutionally, it is indisputable that Congress must be
> consulted prior
> >> to an act of war unless there is an imminent threat against
> this country.
> >> The president has not done so,” Johnson said. “In fact, this is
> the same man
> >> who questioned President Bush’s constitutional authority to
> commit troops to
> >> war.”
> >>
> >>
> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/politics-and-government/2011-03-22/johnson-opposes-military-action-libya.html
> >>
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