Army Captain Claiming POTUS Doesn't Have The Authority To Attack ISIL, Sues Obama Administration

On Wednesday, U.S. Army Captain Nathan Michael Smith sued President Obama, alleging that he does not have the legal authority to wage war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

In the suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, Smith asks the court to tell the president that “he must get proper authority from Congress, under the War Powers Resolution, to wage the war against ISIS.”

The Obama administration maintains that its authorization to fight the terrorist group comes from the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, enacted by Congress after September 11, 2001, to fight Al Qaeda. The Islamic State began as an Al Qaeda splinter group. Cont.

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