President Obama doesn't need Congress' permission

[nalto]

To be in Libya:

blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/05/white-house-on-war-powers-deadline-limited-us-role-in-libya-means-no-need-to-get-congressional-autho.html

No, I'm not suggesting he believes he can do whatever he wants, but can this be done? Or is he wrong?

[Mad Dawg Wiccan]

I don't know, it's been debated ever since the War Powers Act was passed just how much authority the POTUS has.

[billisonboard]

Imperial Presidency is a term that became popular in the 1960s and that served as the title of a 1973 volume by historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. to describe the modern presidency of the United States. The author wrote The Imperial Presidency out of two concerns; first that the US Presidency was out of control and second that the Presidency had exceeded the constitutional limits.[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Presidency

"The founding fathers expected an executive who tried to overreach and expected the executive would be hampered and curtailed by the legislative branch... They [Congress] have basically renounced — walked away from their responsibility to oversee and check." — Bruce Fein


"On January 20th, 2009, if George Bush and Dick Cheney are not appropriately held to account this Administration will hand off a toolbox with more powers than any President has ever had, more powers than the founders could have imagined. And that box may be handed to Hillary Clinton or it may be handed to Mitt Romney or Barack Obama or someone else. But whoever gets it, one of the things we know about power is that people don't give away the tools." — John Nichols
www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07132007/profile.html

Until Congress reestablishes its power, the president will do whatever he (or she) sees fit.

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OOPS!! Your thread beat mine by 3 minutes or so, so I expect it will be moved here..

[Deleted]

Agree. Obama found a sneaky way to keep us in this war without Congressional approval.

[nalto]

I find it funny that Congress isn't asked about this, but they're looking into a BCS playoff-style system.

[vonnie6200]

Well - it was a huge political issue for Bush - who did go to Congress