Why Can't Congress Stop Trump's Iran War?

How can a president launch military operations against Iran when Congress has the constitutional power to declare war—and controls the money?

In this video, I break down the messy division of American war powers between Congress and the president. We’ll look at Article I, Article II, the War Powers Resolution, the sixty-day clock, presidential vetoes, military funding, and why congressional authority is often much stronger in theory than it is in practice.

President Trump can issue an order immediately. Congress has to organize hundreds of lawmakers, pass matching legislation through two chambers, overcome procedural obstacles, and potentially override a veto. Meanwhile, the military has already been funded, the courts generally avoid intervening, and the executive branch interprets its own authority broadly.

The Constitution gave Congress the tools to restrain a president. It did not make Congress use them.

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