James Lankford: “Typically, it's been about 30 days that the President has a…”

“And at what point would that be required? How much longer does this need to go on before Congress needs to step in? Well, the Constitution doesn't make that clear. Typically, it's been about 30 days that the President has a little bit of leeway to be able to say, I'm going to defend America and Americans. to be able to make that immediate decision. You can't have 535 commanders in chief. You can't have Congress debate it for a while while there's a process of an attack that's oncoming.” (04:00–04:07)

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