Can Congress Stop Mad King Trump’s Mad War on Iran?

For some years now, there have been the glimmerings of a bipartisan movement to restrain presidential power over foreign policy. After the bloody catastrophe of George W. Bush’s war on terror, and the manifold abuses of the Obama administration—like assassinating American citizens without trial—many thought, or hoped, that Congress would reassert its constitutional powers and duties.

So far, it hasn’t. Congress failed to restrain Donald Trump in his first term, and failed to restrain...