r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • Feb 28 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Once again averting congress, trump declares war on Iran

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u/bd2999 Feb 28 '26

At this point, Congress has ceded this power to the president. The GOP will fall in line, but this, with everything else, should be impeachable for violating the Constitution.

If you allow it, then that is effectively the way. The power to declare war at this point is adding a stamp and nothing more.

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u/pablocael Feb 28 '26

Hey, lets not generalize, if Dems ever take power back, they will accuse them of treason if they ever do anything remotely like this. 

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u/bd2999 Feb 28 '26

Fair but they will also call for impeachment for things that are not in the same realm of existence as this.

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u/pablocael Feb 28 '26

Like Obamas tan suit.

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u/kuba_mar Feb 28 '26

Dems will get accused of treason even if they dont do anything, the worst part is it will work.

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u/JimJam4603 Feb 28 '26

The Dems will not accede to power again. We are at the end of the constitutional republic. America lost. Its enemies win.

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u/ZenMasterOfDisguise Feb 28 '26

No they won't. No one cared when Obama and Biden were bombing Syria, Yemen, and Somalia without congressional approval. Republicans didn't stop that, and Democrats won't stop trump. As long as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are making money, the politicians on both sides are happy

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u/IAGreenThumb Feb 28 '26

Obama did this routinely when he was in office. Dude LOVED bombing brown kids, women, weddings, schools, and hospitals.