An Obituary for the War Powers Resolution

Katherine Thompson

The United States officially marked 60 days at war with Iran on May 1. Sixty days in which Congress has allowed President Trump to act without restraints in taking the nation to war. Such a posture of apathy by the nation’s legislative branch is both shocking and egregious. After all, Congress ostensibly possesses the mechanism it needs to push back. The War Powers Resolution, passed in the wake of the Vietnam War in 1973 over President Nixon’s veto, remains Congress’s...