Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) is out blasting President Obama over the Libya decision: “The United States does not have a King’s army,” Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) said in a statement released Monday evening. “President Obama’s unilateral choice to use U.S. military force in Libya is an affront to our Constitution.” Bartlett said Obama’s team has […]
I guess Bruce Willis was unavailable to stop these threats: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved a comprehensive cybersecurity bill on Thursday after amending it to limit the president’s authority in the event of a cyber emergency. The bill, co-sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Carper […]
Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution states that the power to declare war is granted to Congress. While the President is command in chief of our forces, only Congress can declare the war. So why is it that Congress holds this awesome responsibility, yet the President can authorize major attacks on a nation without […]