On June 1, the president delivered a message to Congress outlining British transgressions against the U.S. The grievances primarily revolved around actions taken by the British navy off the U.S. coast.
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Instead of a declaration of war, Biden, along with Bush, Obama, and Trump before him, relies on the authorization to use military force (AUMF) passed by Congress in the wake of 9/11 to justify military action across the globe. But this stretches the president’s constitutional authority far beyond the breaking point.
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But they're ignoring the fact that if they had done their job in declaring and overseeing the war, the U.S. probably wouldn't be in this situation today.
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That's the definition of insanity - trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
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Central planners simply can not accrue all the knowledge necessary to centrally plan effectively. James Madison warned us.
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Only Congress has the power to “declare war.” But how it’s used today has almost no resemblance to the original, legal meaning in the Constitution.
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Joe Biden has bombed Somalia at least three times since July 20.
It just goes to show that when it comes to unconstitutional wars, presidents are all the same.
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Instead of following the foreign policy trajectory blazed by Bush Clinton, Bush, Obama and Trump, perhaps it would serve us consider the wisdom of a former president who is generally overlooked: Calvin Cooledge. While some U.S. presidents receive the praise and adulation from modern establishment historians, others are often overlooked for one reason or another. Either […]
Boldin discusses the anti-constitutional views on both surveillance and war powers of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
"Originalists need not worry too much about the Air Force issue - or the Space Force"