{"id":1053680,"date":"2025-06-24T21:32:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T01:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1053680"},"modified":"2025-06-24T21:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T01:32:30","slug":"mike-johnson-puts-trump-above-the-constitution-calling-bipartisan-war-powers-resolution-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/mike-johnson-puts-trump-above-the-constitution-calling-bipartisan-war-powers-resolution-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson Puts Trump Above the Constitution, Calling Bipartisan War Powers Resolution \u201cUnconstitutional\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Mike Johnson refusing to consider a bipartisan war powers resolution or put it on the floor for a vote, <\/em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy refusing to bring a war powers resolution to the House floor, Mike Johnson has totally abdicated his responsibility to uphold the Constitution and lost his backbone all to appease Donald Trump. The American people have made their voices clear \u2014 no new wars. It\u2019s time Mike Johnson listens to his constituents, enforces the rule of law, and puts a war powers resolution up for a vote.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW: After Donald Trump\u2019s unilateral act of war, Mike Johnson is putting Trump above the Constitution by opposing a bipartisan war powers resolution in Congress and refusing to commit to putting it up for a vote. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cMike Johnson calls War Powers Act \u2018unconstitutional\u2019\u201d<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Many respected constitutional experts argue that the War Powers Act is itself unconstitutional,\u2019 Johnson told reporters<\/strong> Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe added: \u2018I\u2019m persuaded by that argument. They think it\u2019s a violation of the Article 2 powers of the commander in chief. I think that\u2019s right.\u2019\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters<\/a>: \u201cUS House Speaker Johnson says it is not time to consider war powers resolution\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAsked whether he would allow the House of Representatives to vote on a bipartisan resolution, Johnson told reporters: \u2018I don\u2019t think this is an appropriate time for a war powers resolution, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s necessary.\u2019 \u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIran\u2019s military said <\/strong>on Monday that it carried out a missile attack on U.S. forces in Qatar,<\/strong> where explosions were heard across the capital.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201c[Last night] the Israeli military said it had struck missile launchers in western Iran that had been poised to fire at Israel. Iran launched at least four barrages of ballistic missiles at Israel. <\/strong>At least four people were killed when a missile hit an apartment building in the southern city of Beersheba. In Tehran, residents said they endured a night of the heaviest airstrikes since the war began June 13.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump unilaterally bombed Iran \u2014 an act of war \u2014 without congressional approval, without notifying key national security leaders in Congress, and STILL hasn\u2019t briefed Congress. <\/strong>
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New York Times<\/a>: \u201cU.S. Enters War With Iran, Bombing Key Nuclear Sites\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manu Raju, CNN<\/a>: \u201cTop Dems on House and Senate Intel Committees<\/strong> \u2014 Jim Himes and Mark Warner, both members of Gang of Eight \u2014 were not briefed before the attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, per sources.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cSome lawmakers in both parties question the legality of Trump’s Iran strikes\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[A]t least two GOP lawmakers joined Democrats across the party spectrum in suggesting it was unconstitutional for him to bomb Iran without approval from Congress.\u201d  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burgess Everett, Semafor<\/a>: \u201cNew: Senate Iran briefing will now be on Thursday instead of today\u201d  <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Mike Johnson refusing to consider a bipartisan war powers resolution or put it on the floor for a vote, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: \u201cBy refusing to bring a war powers resolution to the House floor, Mike Johnson has totally abdicated his responsibility to uphold the Constitution and lost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMike Johnson Puts Trump Above the Constitution, Calling Bipartisan War Powers Resolution \u201cUnconstitutional\u201d - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/mike-johnson-puts-trump-above-the-constitution-calling-bipartisan-war-powers-resolution-unconstitutional\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-25T01:32:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-25T01:32:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/mike-johnson-puts-trump-above-the-constitution-calling-bipartisan-war-powers-resolution-unconstitutional\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/mike-johnson-puts-trump-above-the-constitution-calling-bipartisan-war-powers-resolution-unconstitutional\/\",\"name\":\"Mike Johnson Puts Trump Above the Constitution, Calling Bipartisan War Powers Resolution \u201cUnconstitutional\u201d - 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