Comment on 18-26 year olds, How do you plan to dodge the draft?

• fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  War powers resolution allows the President to initiate limited military actions that can then be later affirmed or denied by Congress…

  He has up to 2 months…

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  • tatterdemalion@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    War powers resolution is a defensive exception to the rule:

    The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.

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