Mike Johnson says War Powers Act is unconstitutional

[Dulcinea]

(The Hill) Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday asserted that the War Powers Act is unconstitutional, pushing back forcefully against the lawmakers in both parties who are invoking the law in an effort to block President Trump from further military action in Iran.

Johnson has already rejected calls to stage a vote on a bipartisan war powers resolution in the wake of Trump’s decision to strike three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend, arguing that Congress’s input is unnecessary. On Tuesday, he took that opposition a long step forward, saying the War Powers Act — a 1973 law designed to limit a president’s authority to wage unilateral war — defies the Founder’s designs for the commander in chief.

“Many respected constitutional experts argue that the War Powers Act is itself unconstitutional. I’m persuaded by that argument,” Johnson told reporters in the Capitol. “They think it’s a violation of the Article II powers of the commander in chief. I think that’s right.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mike-johnson-says-war-powers-190427781.html

[Ocelot II]

1. Fine. As far as I'm concerned Mike Johnson is unconstitutional.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Dear Mike, you realize how lucky you are most liberals and progressives are pacifist?

[Initech]

3. Mike Johnson is unconstitutional. We don't need a megachurch Fox News preacher as our Speaker.

[Bayard]

4. Who are these, "Many Constitutional Experts," Mike?

This is the law. Like it or not, this admin should be compelled to respect it.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. He's lying

And this should be the final nail in his coffin when the regime falls, and he is tried and punished.

He's an unAmerican traitor. No different that Jefferson Davis.

[MichMan]

6. Do they know who leaked the initial report?