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A TV displays U.S. President Donald Trump’s prime-time address on the war in Iran inside a Cheesecake Factory on April 1, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Why the 60‑day War Powers Resolution deadline doesn’t actually constrain presidents

Jasmine Farrier, University of Louisville

Donald Trump’s unilateral move to engage in military action against Iran isn’t unprecedented; Presidents Obama and Clinton directed U.S. military engagements without explicit congressional approval
Congress has not used its constitutionally granted power to influence the war in Iran. Bloomberg Creative via Getty Images

Trump sidelined Congress’ authority over war on Iran – and lawmakers allowed it, extending a 75‑year trend

Sarah Burns, Rochester Institute of Technology; Institute for Humane Studies and Robert Haswell, Carleton University

Congress has refused to exercise oversight of the Iran war, with Republicans nixing Democrats’ attempts to exercise legislators’ power over military engagements. That’s nothing new.
Military personnel on the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima on Dec. 16, 2025, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, during a U.S. military campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images

Deception and lies from the White House to justify a war in Venezuela? We’ve seen this movie before in run‑ups to wars in Vietnam and Iraq

Betty Medsger, San Francisco State University

Two US wars based on lies, in which tens of thousands of American troops and millions of civilians died, offer a cautionary tale about the rush to war.

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  1. Bill Clinton
  2. Dick Cheney
  3. Donald Trump
  4. Drug war
  5. President Lyndon Johnson
  6. President Richard Nixon
  7. US Congress
  8. US Senate
  9. Vietnam
  10. War Powers Resolution

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