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1/ I have written a legal opinion in government and many pieces out of government on presidential war powers. And FWIW I have grown very, very cynical about legal constraints on those war powers. Here are some thoughts as the lawyers begin to weigh in.
— Jack Goldsmith (@jacklgoldsmith) January 3, 2020
The most salient point being the last:
Our country has, quite self-consciously, given one person, the President, an enormous sprawling military and enormous discretion to use it in ways that can easily lead to a massive war. That is our system: one person decides.
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