April 3, 2020
The Constitution Demands That Congress Repeal the AUMF That Spawned the Forever Wars
It is the legal and right thing to do.
by Connor Lambert
Since the Constitution clearly stipulates that declarations of war fall under the purview of Congress, the president should have virtually no ability to unilaterally initiate military operations abroad. Consequently, Congress should repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) as it contradicts the Framers’ intent in Federalist Paper 69, subverts the separation of powers framework, and invites the unchecked impulses of a growing imperial presidency.
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In designing a constitutional structure that leaves the president with less unilateral power than a monarch, Alexander Hamilton asserted that the president “[has] a right to command the military†while a monarch “possesses that