Biden’s authorization for airstrikes in Yemen without legislative permission infuriates Democrats, who call it a “unacceptable violation of the Constitution.”
Biden's authorization for airstrikes in Yemen | Image Credit: nypost.com
President Biden was chastised by a number of Democrats on Capitol Hill on Thursday for carrying out airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen without receiving consent from Congress, citing the action's unconstitutionality.
"Before attacking the Houthis in Yemen and drawing us into another Middle East (sic) conflict, the President ought to address Congress," Representative Ro Khanna tweeted. That is the Constitution's Article I. Regardless matter whose party is in the White House, I will continue to defend that.
"POTUS may only introduce the US into hostilities after Congressional authorization or in a national emergency when the U.S. is under imminent attack,” the California Democrat said. "Section 2C of the War...
