America’s War Powers Crisis | Brian Finucane

About this episode

Brian Finucane discusses the implications of the U.S. war powers crisis and the constitutional issues surrounding executive war-making.

People in this episode

Host: Matt

Guest: Brian Finucane

Topics covered

• war powers
• U.S. Constitution
• executive branch
• Iran
• international law
• Congress
• current affairs

Keywords

• war powers
• Brian Finucane
• Iran
• Operation Epic Fury
• U.S. Constitution
• executive branch
• Congress
• international law

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Crisis Group, State Department

Books & works: What the Iran War Reveals About the War Powers Resolution and How Congress Can Act, On the State Department Memorandum 'Operation Epic Fury and International Law’, An Unserious Justification for an Unnecessary War: Assessing the U.S. 'Article 51’ Letter to U.N. on Iran War

Places: United States, Iran

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