# .

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/126413
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 31, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/126413 "2002-08-31T05:18:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Crazy\_Boob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Crazy\_Boob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy_Boob)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//126413/1 "2002-08-31T05:18:25Z")

</div>

Because of 9-11 there is a legitimate concern regarding the presidents war powers. The Bush administration is currently arguing that it has the legal power to declare war on Iraq without further consent from Congress. If they pull it off it would probably be the most significant Consititution-defying of precedents in American history.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Crazy\_Boob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Crazy\_Boob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy_Boob)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//126413/2 "2002-08-31T05:20:07Z")

</div>

son of a bitch i hate when i do this…um moderator plz delete. thx

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![the\_duke\_69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@the\_duke\_69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_duke_69)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t//126413/3 "2002-08-31T06:22:09Z")

</div>

:smack: :wally