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June 29, 2011

Title: Does Obama’s Libyan War Violate the Constitution’s War Powers Clause, not the War Powers Act?
Topic: War Powers Clause in the US Constitution

Discussed by Ken Klukowski
with Family Research Council (www.FRC.org)

President Obama’s war in Libya is now illegal, so says author of  "RESURGENT: How Constitutional Conservatism Can Save America". Sunday, June 19, marked 90 days since Obama began U.S. involvement in the conflict.

Ken shares how President Obama shopped his administration looking for legal advice that ‘he’ agreed with. His top two lawyers – from the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel and the Defense Department’s general counsel – both advised Obama that his Libyan actions are “hostilities” subject to the War Powers Act. Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, agreed. Ken concludes, at first you don’t find legal advice you like…just keep on asking others…..

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