Source: Los Angeles Times
by Jonah Goldberg
“Congress has not had any hearings about going to war in Iran, never mind authorized a war. And we should be clear, Congress’[s] failure to greenlight a war doesn’t mean the president is free to launch one. It means, as a constitutional matter, a war would be illegal. Think of it this way: If I don’t have your permission to enter your home and take what I want, we’re not in a gray area. The legal default setting is that you don’t have permission to rob a person unless expressly told otherwise. … If you are in favor of the constitutional process only when you like the results, you aren’t actually in favor of the Constitution.” (02/24/26)