vegeta@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agoTrump launches ‘large-scale’ attack on Venezuela, captures Nicolas Maduro and wifewww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down13cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldeconomy@lemmy.world
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minus-squareZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoThis is crazy. Was this war even approved by congress?
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoHas any war been approved since WWII?
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 month agoYes. It’s basically been renamed to “authorization for use of military force” (AUMF). e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_of_2001
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoI have nothing to really ad to the conversation at hand… But it’s really cool that Wikipedia has a convenient section for all SC cases against a law in a section on that law.
This is crazy. Was this war even approved by congress?
Has any war been approved since WWII?
Yes. It’s basically been renamed to “authorization for use of military force” (AUMF).
e.g.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_of_2001
I have nothing to really ad to the conversation at hand… But it’s really cool that Wikipedia has a convenient section for all SC cases against a law in a section on that law.