War Powers Law Does Not Apply to Trump's Boat Strikes, Administration Says

Monday, November 03, 2025

The move deepened the idea that a Vietnam-era law, which says congressionally unauthorized deployments into "hostilities" must end after 60 days, does not apply to airstrike campaigns.

Posted by truthhurts at 12:31 PM | 6 COMMENTS | permalink

The Justice Department told Congress this week that President Trump could lawfully continue his lethal military strikes on people suspected of smuggling drugs at sea. The move rests on the idea that a Vietnam-era law called the War Powers Resolution does not apply to airstrike campaigns.

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Nov 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM

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#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-03 02:47 PM

OneIQirony:

aren't you back in China yet?

#2 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-11-03 05:27 PM

Laws don't apply to Trump

#3 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-11-03 05:54 PM

I am not a federal Supreme Court Justice, but I know that murder is murder, in every jurisdiction in these United States, to kill a criminal suspect in an extrajudicial way is in fact murder.

#4 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-11-04 08:35 AM

Yes, Clinton and Obama ARE war criminals. It's NOT just the Rethuglicans.

I have no problem with ALL of them being shipped off to The Hague for trial.

#5 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-11-04 09:12 AM

Do you guys research anything? I mean seriously this wasn't hard to find.

#4 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Everyone gather round!

The hostile foreign commie agitator is gonna teach us about our government!

Oh do tell commie agitator. How should a democratic republic blow up foreign brown people without any due process?

Because maybe it was done that way in the past?

Wow. There is profound logic right there!

So glad you were able and so eager to share it with us!