Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) criticized U.S.-led strikes on Yemen, saying they were “an unacceptable violation of the Constitution.” “Article 1 requires that military action be author…

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) criticized U.S.-led strikes on Yemen, saying they were “an unacceptable violation of the Constitution.”

“Article 1 requires that military action be authorized by Congress,” Jayapal added in her post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, late Thursday.

Other Democrats, including Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), also criticized the strikes.

  • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
    71·
    11 months ago

    There’s an argument that the war powers act is unconstitutional, but it will likely never actually get challenged.

    The more fun fact is that if Biden continues action past 60 days, he will be the third consecutive Democratic president to violate the war powers act.