Lawfare Podcast, Episode #91: ISIS, ISIL, IS, AUMF

Benjamin Wittes
Saturday, September 13, 2014, 1:55 PM
This week's episode: A roundtable discussion of the politics and law of congressional authorization and the military campaign against ISIS. Bobby, Wells, Foreign Policy magazine's Shane Harris and I held an impromptu conference call yesterday afternoon to discuss the administration's legal theory for the impending action, the prospects of a congressional vote on authorization, the War Powers Resolution, and other matters. Reminder to podcast listeners: Please rate and review the Lawfare Podcast on Stitcher, iTunes, or whatever podcast service you use.

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This week's episode: A roundtable discussion of the politics and law of congressional authorization and the military campaign against ISIS. Bobby, Wells, Foreign Policy magazine's Shane Harris and I held an impromptu conference call yesterday afternoon to discuss the administration's legal theory for the impending action, the prospects of a congressional vote on authorization, the War Powers Resolution, and other matters. Reminder to podcast listeners: Please rate and review the Lawfare Podcast on Stitcher, iTunes, or whatever podcast service you use. It really helps us build audience.

Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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