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Damon Root

Will SCOTUS Review the Iran War's Constitutionality? Don't Count on It.

In a recent edition of this newsletter, I argued that the war with Iran is unconstitutional because President Donald Trump took the United States to war without first obtaining a congressional declaration of war as required by the U.S. Constitution. In response, a reader we'll call "John A." wrote in to say the following: "Unconstitutional perhaps, but enforcement is political, not judicial."

As a practical matter, "John A." is probably right.

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