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This is an ACT of WAR according to international Law: Declaring a blockade without Congress would be an illegal initiation of hostilities.

9 upvotes, 7 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "This is an ACT of WAR according to international Law:

Declaring a blockade without Congress would be an illegal initiation of hostilities."

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Anonymous 1w

A president cannot legally start a blockade of another country on their own without: - A formal Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), or - A declaration of war

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Anonymous 1w

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Anonymous 1w

“Armada” lmfao

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Anonymous

OP 1w

possible that they’re using an AUMF from like 20 years ago

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Anonymous

#3 1w

Wasn’t that just for the Middle East though 😭

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Anonymous

#2 1w

We need to get that shit repealed

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Anonymous

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yeah, i could see them dragging out a hearing with “erm they’re doing the same thing and erm it was never rescinded erm activist judges”

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