Ersatz86@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-214 days agoTrump says "there will be bombing" if Iran does not make nuclear dealarchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoWatch how fast the Republican controlled Congress declares war. They’ve been fantasizing about a war with Iran for decades.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-214 days agoDoesn’t it require ⅔rds of the house?
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoI thought it was simple majority, but you may be right about it requiring a supermajority. I’m having trouble finding specifics on congress.gov.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoHuh yeah it’s a majority, being in article 1 section 8
minus-squareErsatz86@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoExecutive orders’ been doing some heavy lifting of late.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoTell that to Libya, Somalia, etc…
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoThey said declare war. That is a specific action regulated by the Constitution.
minus-squareOrteilGenou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoI’m pretty sure you can just yell it out, like bankruptcy
Watch how fast the Republican controlled Congress declares war. They’ve been fantasizing about a war with Iran for decades.
Doesn’t it require ⅔rds of the house?I thought it was simple majority, but you may be right about it requiring a supermajority. I’m having trouble finding specifics on congress.gov.
Huh yeah it’s a majority, being in article 1 section 8
Executive orders’ been doing some heavy lifting of late.
Tell that to Libya, Somalia, etc…
They said declare war. That is a specific action regulated by the Constitution.
I’m pretty sure you can just yell it out, like bankruptcy
Wouldn’t do much.