Quote Originally Posted by 2008f450 View Post
Watching the news this morning. Saw Dennis "koo koo " Kucinich talking about how the big O went around the congress on the Lybia no fly zone.My favorite line in the whole thing was. "the constitution is very clear. It says he must get congresional approval." wait wait wait. You mean the constitution says it so thats it. Its funny how these pricks say the constitution is a living breathing thing when it comes to the 1st and 2nd but when it hurts thier ego its a concrete document. Which is it you fucks? If you believe that your gloriuos leader must abide by the letter of the paper then "shall not be infringed" should be too. Ok im done venting. Need my orange juice.
The actual synopsis of the law isn't that difficult to parse:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution

Just like Bush, Clinton, and Reagan before him, he gets a 60 day pass before Congressional approval is applied.

If memory serves, Congress has never enacted their War Powers since the act was passed, in all cases passing legislation which deferred to the CONUS power to conduct that particular war as he sees fit. I could be wrong.

H.