House Speaker Mike Johnson advocates for increased presidential authority in committing the U.S. to foreign conflicts, challenging the constitutionality of the War Powers Act. He supports President Trump's recent military actions against Iran, stating that informing Congress post-action complies with modern practices and the intent of the Founders. Johnson emphasizes that since WWII, military operations have been frequently conducted without formal declarations of war by Congress, a trend he argues reflects the evolving role of executive power in national defense.
Many respected constitutional experts argue that the War Powers Act is itself unconstitutional. I'm persuaded by that argument. They think it's a violation of the Article II powers of the Commander-in-Chief.
If you look back at the Founders' intent, you read the Federalist Papers, you read the records of the Constitutional Convention, I think that is right.
Exercising the authority to declare war isn't something we've done since World War II. And everybody in this room knows, since then, we've had more than 125 military operations without a declaration of war by Congress.
Evil is the right word. Iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism.
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