The US House has taken a small step toward reining in the president's war powers, voting to repeal the Authorization for the Use of Military Force that presidents have used for over two decades to wage war in the Middle East without oversight.
After 'Years of Neglected Oversight,' House Votes to Repeal Authorization Used by Presidents to Wage 'Forever Wars'
https://www.commondreams.org/news/house-votes-to-repeal-aumf
5 Comments
drbluefall@toast.ooo · 43 pts · 332d
I'm not hopeful that the repeal amendment survives the Senate, but we shall see.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 21 pts · 332d
Geez, what's next? Actually repealing all of the emergency powers & the PATRIOT act?
Couldn't happen in today's America .
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 12 pts · 332d
sorry sweetie, we already said Trump was allowed to anything he wanted - SC
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub · 10 pts · 332d
Cool. He declared war on his own people, can we do something about that?
Ascrod@midwest.social · 6 pts · 332d
Too little, too late.