Source: The UnPopulist
by Trevor Burrus
“Unfortunately, without a realistic chance at impeachment — and impeachment for military actions was very unlikely even in more convivial political times — whether people care about war is almost all we have to rein in presidential war powers. But the non-constitutional guardrails that have sometimes constrained war throughout world history are now largely gone in the U.S., namely, death and taxes. People pay attention when their friends and compatriots go to war and whether they come back alive. … People also pay attention whether they are in danger from retaliatory attacks, which are unlikely on American territory. And they notice when their taxes are raised to pay for war. … But in modern day America, where we’ve become masters of killing from a distance and spending ourselves into $37 trillion in debt without significantly raising taxes (yet), we fight many wars and care little about them.” (07/a08/25)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-truth-is-there-are-no-legal-limits