The Gulf War and the Constitution
Michael J. Glennon
Foreign Affairs,
Spring 1991
Summary:
Examines the course of the Bush administration's decisions on despatch of US forces to the Gulf, and the "near-complete irrelevance" of Congress thereto, in order to demonstrate that the War Powers Act of 1973 should be repealed or revised, as Congress clearly lacks the weighty role in the matter of declaration of war that the Constitution intended for it.
Michael J. Glennon
Foreign Affairs,
Spring 1991
Summary:
Examines the course of the Bush administration's decisions on despatch of US forces to the Gulf, and the "near-complete irrelevance" of Congress thereto, in order to demonstrate that the War Powers Act of 1973 should be repealed or revised, as Congress clearly lacks the weighty role in the matter of declaration of war that the Constitution intended for it.
