… back in the 1780s when a naval force from Great Britain would take three weeks to get to the United States. The president might need to act with dispatch. So The War Powers act basically says, look, the president has a pretty free hand for a period of 60 days. at which point anything the president does must be reported. Well, it must be initially reported to Congress. And at 60 days it stops unless the Congress gives authority to, to cartoon it a little bit. (02:09–02:15)
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Asserts that the War Powers Act allows the president to act freely for 60 days without congressional approval.
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