Ep. 1244: Is the War Powers Resolution Constitutional?

Even the government knows it. But no one is talking about it.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthtttp://learntruehistory.com

And that's saying something, but it's true.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie has an answer, and it should make you laugh.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

If John Tyler was the best President in American history, Cleveland was a close second. I explain why.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

I know many conservatives will have intellectual spasms, but maybe we should listen to Calhoun instead of Harry Truman or FDR on foreign policy.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/support

Leftists think it mostly started with Trump, but Congress punting its powers to the executive branch is a longstanding problem.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

A recent social media dust up encouraged Paul Gottfried to write about paleoconservative foreign policy. Is it isolationist?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Or is it the new old Confederacy? Conservatives at Fox News can't make up their mind.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

No, but not for the reasons the Trump administration might suggest.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Trump has not conducted the conventional Republican war, except for the fact that it began like all other post-WWII wars, without congressional authorization.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com