Do you think that his victims actually care about a vote in Congress? Well, he's a bad guy, but we pledge an oath to the Constitution, Jackie. And The Constitution does not give the president the power to initiate military action. The Constitution says we shouldn't be at war without a vote of Congress. And then once Congress weighs in and all the arguments that you suggested, anyone in the Senate who wants to introduce a war authorization and make those arguments, let him make them. (04:53–04:58)
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Asserts that the U.S. Constitution does not allow the president to start military actions unilaterally.
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