Adam Schiff: “The Constitution charges the Congress, not the President…”

“Regardless of whether you support the President's decision to engage in preemptive strikes in the first place, regardless of whether or not you support the President generally or you do not, The Constitution charges the Congress, not the President, with the power to declare war. Now there may be a fog of war and a murky uncertainty concerning the battle damage assessment, but there is no ambiguity here when it comes to the Constitution.” (00:53–01:01)

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