Military Law,
Constitutional Law
Jun. 23, 2025
The Constitution is quiet while the missiles fly
As tensions escalate between Israel and Iran, the United States faces renewed pressure to weigh military involvement -- raising urgent constitutional questions about who holds the power to declare war and whether recent presidents have sidelined Congress in one of the nation's gravest decisions.
Allan Lee Dollison
Attorney
Law Offices of John Ye
Phone: (213) 427-2826
Email: adollison@johnyelaw.com
It has been said that the organizing principle for any society is for war. Therefore, the legal and consultative basis for that awesome decision can be extremely important.
In the past week, another conflagration in the powder keg of the Middle East has risen up when Israel directly attacked Iran, and Iran retaliated. ($95
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