Libya – Constitutional Crisis with Immense Implications

By: Rep. Tom McClintock (Diary)  |  July 8th at 05:43 PM  | 

House Floor remarks by Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) in support of the Amash/ Kucinich Amendment to HR 2219 to deny authorization for the use of funds for the war in Libya    Mr. Chairman: For more than three months, our nation has been amidst a quiet constitutional crisis that carries immense implications.  The Gentleman from Florida is sadly mistaken to dismiss this as a meaningless philosophical | Read More »

Kucinich Resolution on Libya

By: Rep. Tom McClintock (Diary)  |  June 3rd at 07:53 PM  | 

House Floor Remarks June 3, 2011 M. Speaker:  Lets be clear: without prior Congressional authorization, under the War Powers Act, the President may only commit armed forces to hostilities for sixty days if there is a direct attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions or its armed forces.  There was none, so there is no sixty day clock and the President’s unprovoked attack | Read More »

The Attack On Libya Crossed A Very Bright Constitutional Line

By: Rep. Tom McClintock (Diary)  |  March 31st at 05:50 PM  | 

House Floor Remarks by Congressman Tom McClintock: March 31, 2011 M. Speaker: When the President ordered the attack on Libya without Congressional authorization, he crossed a very bright Constitutional line that he himself recognized in 2007 when he told the Boston Globe “The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping | Read More »