Libya Intervention Update
The United States is still bombing, under NATO command. And Congress, which has not authorized this action, is still dithering. If this pattern continues for another month (or two), the administration will confront some interesting issues under the War Powers Resolution, some of which Bobby has already analyzed
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The United States is still bombing, under NATO command. And Congress, which has not authorized this action, is still dithering. If this pattern continues for another month (or two), the administration will confront some interesting issues under the War Powers Resolution, some of which Bobby has already analyzed here. More analysis as the WPR deadline grows closer . . .
Jack Goldsmith is the Learned Hand Professor at Harvard Law School, co-founder of Lawfare, and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Before coming to Harvard, Professor Goldsmith served as Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel from 2003-2004, and Special Counsel to the Department of Defense from 2002-2003.
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