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Episode 224 The bogus arguments for presidential war powers
Episode 2246th March 2026 • Tom Mullen Talks Freedom • Tom Mullen
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President Trump has attacked Iran without a declaration of war by Congress or even a congressional authorization to use military force. Like its predecessors, the Trump administration justifies its actions with bogus claims about the declaration of war power, executive war powers, and the mythical “separate and coequal” branches of government created by the U.S. Constitution. Tom debunks all of the above using primary source material.

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James Madison’s Notes on the Constitutional Convention (August 17, 1787)

50 U.S. Code § 1541 - Purpose and policy (War Powers Resolution)

Federalist No. 48

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