Congress Must Reclaim War Powers After Trump’s Unauthorized Strike on Iran

President Donald Trump’s recent missile strikes on Iranian targets have reignited an urgent and necessary debate over the constitutional limits of presidential war powers. In a move that sidestepped clear congressional authorization, this military action risks ensnaring the United States in an open-ended Middle East conflict with no clear endgame and questionable legality under the Constitution. Who Holds Authority to Wage War? The Constitution grants Congress—not the president—the exclusive power to declare war. Yet President Trump chose to act alone, echoing a disturbing trend of executive overreach that threatens both our national sovereignty and the principle of checks and balances...