Outside the Beltway

Dennis Kucinich and nine other Members of Congress are suing the President. They won’t get very far.

Sandy Levinson suggests that there is a key lesson from the Founders that we ignore.

The House GOP and the White House moved one step closer to a constitutional confrontation, but is it much ado about nothing?

The War Powers Act’s 90 day limit is in sight. Will Congress force the president’s hand?

Clearly there’s a large ambiguity in the Constitutional gap between the two separate war-related powers of Congress and the Executive. The WPA can be seen as an attempt to resolve it but can’t if it’s unconstitutional.

The Obama Administration is offering an odd explanation for why it doesn’t need to comply with the War Powers Act.

It has now been 60 days since American involvement in Libya commenced. Congress has failed to act, and that’s their fault.

Once again, Congressional abdication has led to an Executive Branch power grab.

Is the war in Libya illegal?

The 60 day deadline for Presidential discretion under the War Powers Act will expire next week. Congress won’t do anything about it.

Like all Presidents before him, Barack Obama is asserting the right to virtually unfettered discretion when it comes to military matters.

Operation Odyssey Dawn has resurrected the eternal battle over what limits there are, and should be, on the President’s ability to use military force without Congressional authorization.

America is about to enter a third war in the Muslim world with no clear idea of the end game.