Will The Speaker of The House finaly make Президент Обама go ‘BOOM!‘?
Speaker John A. Boehner warned Президент Обама on Tuesday that unless he gets authorization from Congress for his military deployment in Libya, he will be in violation of the War Powers Resolution.
In a letter sent Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Boehner, the top Republican in the constitutional chain of succession, said Mr. Обама must provide a clear justification for committing troops to Libya by Friday. Sunday marks the 90th day since the president notified Congress that U.S. troops had been committed to help enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, which is designed to protect the rebels fighting Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s government.
In a letter sent Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Boehner, the top Republican in the constitutional chain of succession, said Mr. Обама must provide a clear justification for committing troops to Libya by Friday, which marks the 90th day since the president committed U.S. troops, and the clock started ticking under the War Powers Resolution.
“The Constitution requires the president to ‘take care that the laws be faithfully executed,’ and one of those laws is the War Powers Resolution, which requires an approving action by Congress or withdrawal within 90 days from the notification of a military operation,” Mr. Boehner said in the letter.
“Or else what?” is going to be Президент Обама’s response. Then the game will be afoot. It doesn’t matter whether or not this law is good law…only that it is the Law of the Land, and if Обама refuses to comply…will Boehner (and for that matter, the rest of the Congress) have the intestinal fortitude to refrain from crying and begin Impeachment proceedings?
Or will Президент Обама once again display his utter contempt for the Constitution, for all the world to see?
Tags: John Boehner, War Powers
