Following President Trump's announcement that he had launched missile strikes against Syria, Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project, gave this reaction:
“This military action is illegal. In the face of constitutional law barring hostile use of force without congressional authorisation, and international law forbidding unilateral use of force except in self-defence, President Trump has unilaterally launched strikes against a country that has not attacked us — and without any authorisation from Congress. Doing so violates some of the most important legal constraints on the use of force.”
*More on the need for congressional permission here
* American Civil Liberties Union https://www.aclu.org/
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