POL SCI 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: John Yoo, Rand Paul, Terrorist Threats
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Week 5, lec 10: war powers - president and congress. Yes, the u. s. is deploying united states armed forces to counter perceived terrorist threats to our country. U. s. is in armed conflict with 5 countries: afghanistan, iraq, syria, yemen, libya: what is the constitutional and statutory authority for the deployments ordered by. Constitutional and statutory authority = commander in chief and chief executive of the united states armed forces. President also needs to conduct u. s. foreign relations. Communicates regularly with congress about these deployments. Senator) = calls on congress to approve an amendment that will. Because these authorizations are inappropriately being used to justify phase out and repeal the 2001 & 2002 authorizations for use of military force. This will force debate on whether to continue war in afghanistan, libya, No does not want to pursue a foreign policy that consistently keeps u. s. on the defensive and endangers our nation by spreading thinly.
