By unilaterally going to war against Libya, Obama is bringing America closer to the imperial presidency than Bush ever did.
by Bruce Ackerman in Foreign Policy Magazine
In taking the country into a war with Libya, Barack Obama's administration is breaking new ground in its construction of an imperial presidency -- an executive who increasingly acts independently of Congress at home and abroad. Obtaining a U.N. Security Council resolution has legitimated U.S. bombing raids under international law. But the U.N. Charter is not a substitute for the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress, not the president, the power "to declare war." More...
