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Does the President have authority to take our country to war with Iran—without Congress?

We prepared Expert Backgrounder by @just_security’s Brian Egan (former StateDept Legal Adviser) @bridgewriter (former NSC Depty Legal Adviser)
justsecurity.org/64645/top-expe…
“The framers of the Constitution gave the authority to declare war to Congress...in part to prevent the United States from being drawn into conflict...without debate and consideration by the representatives of the people.”
“There is no existing congressional authorization for the use of force against Iran.”
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Ryan Goodman
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This is what congressional oversight looks like.

On security threats to #Yovanovich.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair powerfully worded letter to State Department demanding documents.

"I cannot overstate the profound security risk that this poses"

#ParnasDocuments
2. "Mr. Hyde and Mr. Parnas were exchanging apparently highly sensitive information regarding the whereabouts of
and security protocols for U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch" via encrypted messages.
3. "The strong implication from these messages is that someone with detailed knowledge of the Ambassador's whereabouts and security protocols was providing that information in real time to Mr. Hyde and Mr. Parnas."
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Ryan Goodman
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A true *Must Read* on #Iran #Soleimani strike

Former senior CIA official (@douglaslondon5) goes on the record

Served President Trump and CIA Directors Pompeo, Haspel

"I often struggled in persuading the president to recognize the most important threats"
justsecurity.org/68072/the-pres…
@douglaslondon5 2. Most important paragraphs on #Soleimani strike.👇

Former senior CIA official explains how Trump officials (including anonymous officials speaking to press) may selectively pick intelligence to create false narrative of the threat posed prior to strike.
@douglaslondon5 3. "The Trump administration appears to have cherry-picked information from the broader intelligence to support its actions."

Former senior CIA official (@douglaslondon5) on #Soleimani #Iran threat assessments
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Ryan Goodman
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I just published this article.👇

January 15: State Department's Acting Legal Adviser briefs the Senate in classified setting on #Iran.

Three key things he told the Senate (#SFRC) in 2019 on president's power to use force against Iran...

justsecurity.org/68053/what-the…
2. In 2019, the Acting Legal Adviser promised the Senate the administration would submit a PUBLIC, UNCLASSIFIED report if the administration’s position on Iran changed

Read expert analysis from @ritasiemion and @BenjaminEHaas on the 30-Day Clock:

justsecurity.org/68025/the-30-d…
@ritasiemion @BenjaminEHaas 3. In 2019, the Acting Legal Adviser told @SenJeffMerkley international law constrains Trump's Article II authority to use force against Iran.

Top legal scholars now write that #Soleimani #Shahlai strikes failed the test.

cc: @oonahathaway @AdHaque110
justsecurity.org/68008/u-s-lega…
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#Iran launches 'more than a dozen ballistic missiles' at #US targets in #Iraq, Pentagon confirms
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ran’s foreign minister has said the strikes have concluded and characterised them as self-defence within the boundaries of international law – not the first shots in a war.

Trump, in his first comments after the strikes, also sought to play them down.
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The attacks appear to have been carefully calibrated to avoid US casualties. #US bases in #Iraq were already on high alert.

This is a first step Iran is initiating to give the go to further attacks by Iran and its allies to exhaust US forces in the Middle East.
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Congress puts a Lock on Trump's Childish BS Terrorism.

‘You’re NOT a Dictator’: Nancy Pelosi Announces VOTE to Limit Trump’s War Powers. rawstory.com/2020/01/youre-…
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Announced a VOTE on a Resolution to Limit Trump’s ability to take Military Action Against Iran on Sunday.

Pelosi sent a letter to House Democrats decrying Trump’s ordered killing of a top Iranian general as a ..
“provocative and disproportionate” attack.

“As members of Congress, our first responsibility is to keep the American people safe,” Pelosi said. “For this reason, we are concerned that the administration took this action without the consultation of Congress and Without RESPECT ..
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20. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world?

#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
Wrong US policies in the Middle East. Sanctions against Iran. Sanctions used by the USA as a war weapon🤨👇🏼
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13. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world?

#Hypocrites #DoubleStandards #Liars #Warlords #USRealTerrorists
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Just Security
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1. @HouseForeign demands administration's legal opinions on use of force against #Iran

Letter cites this great essay by Just Security's Brian Egan and @bridgewriter which concludes that efforts to shoehorn #IranWar into #AUMF is "thoroughly unconvincing": justsecurity.org/64645/top-expe…
2. Letter by Chairman @RepEliotEngel and @RepTedDeutch:

"Given the life-and-death stakes of the current situation between the United States and Iran, we can think of no issue where it is more imperative for the Department to explain its rationale."

foreignaffairs.house.gov/2019/6/engel-d…
3. Readers may also be interested in this essay by @jgeltzer (former NSC, DOJ), @LukeHartig (former NSC, DoD) and @rgoodlaw (former DoD)

reaches same conclusion as Egan and @bridgewriter

justsecurity.org/64650/asking-t…

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3. United States decided to label #IRGC terrorists. But who are the real terrorists? Who created, trained, armed & financed the worst terrorist groups in the world?

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