Well yes, that's very true. I was just pointing out to Larry that the CINC does not have to have congressional approval to attack/invade another country. Just to keep troops there longer than 60 days.
Reagan didn't seek congressional approval when he sent troops into Grenada. On Sep 3, 2013, at 6:40 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Except for the fact that every single President, regardless of party, has > maintained that the War Powers Act is unconstitutional and holds no power > over their duties as Commander in Chief. Many legal experts agree, from > what I understand. However, it has never gone into the court system. > Presidents have ignored it since the beginning, no one has every challenged > them on it, and so I'd argue that it has no bearing on the situation > (unless, of course, it does go to court and things change). > > Judah > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366870 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
