US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has argued that the clock has paused on a deadline for the Trump administration to seek approval from Congress for the US-Israeli war with Iran. Hegseth was responding to questions from members of the Senate, or upper chamber, on Thursday. Friday is the 60th day since Trump formally notified Congress of the strikes against Iran on 2 March. US law requires a president to “terminate any use of United States Armed Forces” within 60 days of such a notification - unless Congress allows a continuation. A senior administration official said hostilities with Iran had “terminated”, emphasising that a ceasefire had been in effect since early April. Despite the ceasefire, the two sides have not yet reached a longer-term deal via talks, though efforts to end the stalemate appear to be underway.
He then spit on a passer-by, grabbed his crotch, and vomited on his shoes. All in a day’s work for Drinky Pete.
Soon to be last day of work. I think the walls are closing in on drunko. Trump allegedly was looking to drop him and Patel
L•I•E•S
Man tells lawmakers how he intends to skirt their laws
Lawmakers say “yep sounds good, clearing nothing we can do to stop this”
By this logic as long as the executive branch filed a new report once a week with a new operation name they could commit US forces to a theater of war indefinitely.
Clearly this is against both the spirit and the letter of the law, but I have no faith that congress will fight to enforce it or if they did that the Supreme Court would do fuck all to stop it.
We find ourselves in “they thought they were free”
And one day, too late, your principles, if you were ever sensible of them, all rush in upon you. The burden of self-deception has grown too heavy, and some minor incident, in my case my little boy, hardly more than a baby, saying ‘Jewish swine,’ collapses it all at once, and you see that everything, everything, has changed and changed completely under your nose. The world you live in—your nation, your people—is not the world you were born in at all. The forms are all there, all untouched, all reassuring, the houses, the shops, the jobs, the mealtimes, the visits, the concerts, the cinema, the holidays. But the spirit, which you never noticed because you made the lifelong mistake of identifying it with the forms, is changed. Now you live in a world of hate and fear, and the people who hate and fear do not even know it themselves; when everyone is transformed, no one is transformed. Now you live in a system which rules without responsibility even to God. The system itself could not have intended this in the beginning, but in order to sustain itself it was compelled to go all the way.
bullshit.
CHAPTER 33—WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
50 USC Ch. 33: WAR POWERS RESOLUTION From Title 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§1544. Congressional action (a) Transmittal of report and referral to Congressional committees; joint request for convening Congress
Each report submitted pursuant to section 1543(a)(1) of this title shall be transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President pro tempore of the Senate on the same calendar day. Each report so transmitted shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate for appropriate action. If, when the report is transmitted, the Congress has adjourned sine die or has adjourned for any period in excess of three calendar days, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, if they deem it advisable (or if petitioned by at least 30 percent of the membership of their respective Houses) shall jointly request the President to convene Congress in order that it may consider the report and take appropriate action pursuant to this section. (b) Termination of use of United States Armed Forces; exceptions; extension period
Within sixty calendar days after a report is submitted or is required to be submitted pursuant to section 1543(a)(1) of this title, whichever is earlier, the President shall terminate any use of United States Armed Forces with respect to which such report was submitted (or required to be submitted), unless the Congress (1) has declared war or has enacted a specific authorization for such use of United States Armed Forces, (2) has extended by law such sixty-day period, or (3) is physically unable to meet as a result of an armed attack upon the United States. Such sixty-day period shall be extended for not more than an additional thirty days if the President determines and certifies to the Congress in writing that unavoidable military necessity respecting the safety of United States Armed Forces requires the continued use of such armed forces in the course of bringing about a prompt removal of such forces. © Concurrent resolution for removal by President of United States Armed Forces
Notwithstanding subsection (b), at any time that United States Armed Forces are engaged in hostilities outside the territory of the United States, its possessions and territories without a declaration of war or specific statutory authorization, such forces shall be removed by the President if the Congress so directs by concurrent resolution.
next they are going to claim that “hostilities” only count during the time that munitions are exploding and physically dismembering children in Iranian schools.
edit: formatting
One really cool thing to imagine is if they do decide to impeach and remove Trump (they won’t, the GOP are worthless assholes to their bonemarrow) then they would also not consider Vance for POTUS because he already went to negotiate in person and came back empty handed.
It doesn’t matter what they might or might not “consider”, if they impeach Trump them Vance becomes President, unless they do a twofer and impeach them both.
If they ever have the votes to impeach Trump, they would likely have the votes to impeach both of them. But, they may think it’s political suicide to do so, especially since then a (presumably Democratic) House Speaker would become President, and not by being elected, which would trigger all sorts of folks on the
ReichRightPretty sure that via impeachment process the Speaker of the House chooses the replacement president, but idk for sure because no sitting president has ever actually been removed.
Nope… The VP becomes president. The Speaker is next inline, so I am assuming they become VP.
Nope, that is incorrect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States
If a Presidential impeachment succeeds, that person immediately leaves office. The Constitution says that if the President were ever to leave office, the VP takes over. But if there is also no VP, what happens next depends on the Presidential Succession Act:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Succession_Act
Which says that the Speaker of the House becomes Acting President.
Its still a matter of debate what exactly an “acting President” can do in this context. Does the House Speaker resign from Congress and move into the White House? That is the plainest reading of it all, after all.
