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Per the article, this military action falls under the War Powers Act.

The Act requires the president to inform Congress within 48 hours of military action and requires the termination of military action within 60 days of its commencement if Congress has not officially declared war or authorized the military action.

These rebels have been attacking shipping, including US warships making this a defensive action. In addition, Congress was notified within 48 hours and 60 days have not yet passed. While I personally oppose further involvement in the middle-east, pretending that this is a violation of the Constitution is absurd. This crap has been going on since the War Powers Act was passed in 1973. If these legislatures don't like it, then they are well within their rights to repeal the War Powers Act or get SCOTUS to rule it unconstitutional.

Of course, they won't do that though. That might keep the president from bombing the people that they want bombed.

If you were going to say something about this, the time would have been when Operation Prosperity Guardian was announced. The Houthis are directly firing on US warships, so the response could be considered defensive action and not fall under article 1 of the Constitution. It's not that these representatives can't criticize US involvement, but they were okay with the ships being there in the first place. Can't have your cake and eat it too. If you were a sea woman/seaman being fired upon by cruise missiles, I'd imagine you'd like the ability to fire back and eliminate the threat. All it takes is one cruise missile or UAV to not get detected or destroyed to kill dozens if not hundreds of sailors.

While I agree, let's not pretend that presidents haven't been launching combat missions without formal declaration of war for decades. Longer than I've been alive. It's one of the biggest expansions of executive power we have allowed, under the guise of "the war on terror", "the cold war", or even "the war on drugs".

We were fired upon and returned fire. It would be a hell of a day if you had to have congressional action to do that.

If the representative wants me to think she cares about the Constitution and democracy maybe she shouldn't be making her statements on a website that's basically pro-nazi.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

“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.

“The President needs to come to Congress before launching a strike against the Houthis in Yemen and involving us in another middle east conflict,” Khanna posted on X.

“Today’s defensive action follows this extensive diplomatic campaign and Houthi rebels’ escalating attacks against commercial vessels,” Biden said.

“These targeted strikes are a clear message that the United States and our partners will not tolerate attacks on our personnel or allow hostile actors to imperil freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most critical commercial routes.”

“I will not hesitate to direct further measures to protect our people and the free flow of international commerce as necessary,” Biden said.

Washington and London should bear the responsibility for militarizing the Red Sea,” the statement continues.

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