The Power to Declare War
“Constitution smonstitution.” I can hear Bush and Co. saying it now. Hell, the Congress said it.
Light of Reason links to an article by attorney John C. Bonifaz who writes that the War on Iraq is unconstitutional:
Now more than ever, the Constitution and the rule of law must apply. And, now more than ever, the truth must be told. The first lie about the Iraq war was not that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or ties to Al Qaeda. The first lie told to the American people is that Congress voted for this war.
In the midst of the rushed congressional debate in October 2002, U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W. Va.) warned that the resolution under consideration was unconstitutional. “We are handing this over to the President of the United States,” Byrd said. “When we do that, we can put up a sign on the top of this Capitol, and we can say: ‘Gone home. Gone fishing. Out of business.’” Byrd added: “I never thought I would see the day in these forty-four years I have been in this body… when we would cede this kind of power to any president.”
The Iraq war is in direct violation of the United States Constitution. The president and the members of Congress who voted for that October resolution should be held accountable for sending this nation into an illegal war.
It is time to hold up the Constitution to the faces of those who dare to defy it. It is time to demand our country back.
It’s an excellent article about the War Powers Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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