8/9 In my opinion, the President retains the final authority, and ultimate
responsibility, of taking the country to war. Congress is just there
to provide him the money, and legal authorization in case he wants to.
(Let's exclude the short < 90-day engagements the President can
send off without authorization.)
On the opposing side, one can say that Congress shares significant
responsibility for authorizing a war.
What do you think?
\_ Your opinion is stupid. Apparently you were napping in US Gov't
101. It's called "checks and balances." Perhaps you should readup
on the Federalist Papers.
\_ 50 years ago you might have been right. The War Powers Act
has allowed Congress to adbicate its obligation to declare
war. They've kept their funding authorization responsibility,
but there are no watchdogs left on the matter..
\_ A) The War Powers Act (enacted in 1973, so you're confused)
sought to limit the Executive branch from so-called "police"
actions such as Vietnam and Korea.
B) The War Powers Act was an attempt to clearly dilineate
what the Executive could or could not do in times of
crisis in committing US Military (either abroad or
domestic).
C) The War Powers Act puts a specific time limit of 60 days
which can only be extended by Congress on any military
action.
D) It requires the executive to report to Congress any
military action taken by US Forces.
Before you go off spouting nonsense again, try to actually
read the War Powers Act.
\_ What's the right answer?
\_ The right answer is that there is no "right answer"
because the dynamic between the executive and the
legislative is constantly changing. Also, the executive
and the legislative are obviously incestious, so the only
"real" right answer is that responsibility falls upon
government. Since we are supposed to be a representative
government the ultimate responsibility falls upon the
people as a whole. Obviously reality is a bit more complex
than this.
\_ I think yer contradicting yourself. And yer dumb.
\_ War Powers Act
\_ I can spend the 15 minutes to google for stuff I thought I knew
in high school and college -- can you summarize your
interpretation anyway? Thanks.
\_ Opinion? It's simple law you can find a copy of on the net. Your
opinion, nor anyone else's here, has anything to do with it. In
my opinion the penalty for shooting stupid people should be a free
dinner at a nice restaurant. The law says I go to jail for a long
time. I prefer my opinion but we follow the law.
\_ Can you summarize your interpretation of the law for me? Thanks.
\_ My summary: I'm not on the United States Supreme Court, so my
interpretation is academic at best. Why do you care about
my or any layman's useless interpretation or opinion?
\_ You seemed to have a good grasp of what the law meant
("It's [a] simple law ..."). Then you implied that you
needed to be on the Supreme Court to understand it ("I'm
not on the United States Supreme Court ...")
It sounds like you're flip-flopping to me. |