Congress Has the Constitutional Power to Declare War — But Has Not Done So Since 1942
Yes, the United States Constitution explicitly grants Congress — and only Congress — the power to declare war under Article I, Section 8.
Category Legal
The Office of Legal Counsel Reportedly Wrote a Secret Memo Justifying the Strikes
Yes, the Office of Legal Counsel within the Department of Justice did author a classified memo over the summer of 2025 that provides the legal framework...
Lawyers Inside the Pentagon Are Stretching Legal Authorities to Cover the Iran Campaign
Lawyers inside the Pentagon are actively stretching existing legal authorities to provide cover for the Trump administration's military campaign against...
Iran Knows the U.S. and Israel Cooperated — The Legal Distinction Doesn’t Matter to Tehran
Iran does not care whether the United States pulled the trigger on leadership strikes or merely provided the aircraft, intelligence, and diplomatic cover...
Trump Claims the U.S. Did Not Target Iranian Leadership — Israel Takes Credit for Khamenei
President Trump has made contradictory claims about whether the United States directly targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was...
This Division of Labor Lets Both Countries Claim Different Objectives
The division of labor in international trade and diplomacy allows partnered nations to each claim victory on entirely different scorecards — one country...
Israel Claims It “Paved the Path to Tehran” by Destroying Iran’s Outer Ring of Air Defenses
Israel's claim that it "paved the path to Tehran" is not mere rhetoric — it is a statement backed by a methodical, multi-phase military campaign that...
Maybe This Time Military Intervention Will Work Differently — But Every Precedent Says Otherwise
No, this time will almost certainly not be different. The historical record on military intervention is about as close to a settled question as foreign...
Iran’s Parliament Has No Constitutional Framework for This Situation
Iran's parliament, known as the Majlis, operates under the 1979 Constitution of the Islamic Republic, a document that was designed to consolidate...
Iran’s Infrastructure Damage From the Strikes Could Take Decades to Fully Repair
Iran's infrastructure damage from the coordinated U.S.-Israeli military strikes of 2025 and 2026 is so extensive that full recovery will almost certainly...