https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2011/08/07/how-a-liberal-legal-star-became-an-obama-toady-opposed-to-the-war-powers-act/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 04:19:25 -0400<![CDATA[Just over two years ago, he became legal adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s State Department, and in that job, he has become the administration’s defender of the right to stay engaged in a conflict against Libya without Congressional approval. He argues that the president can proceed because the country is not actually engaging in “hostilities.” Because “hostilities” is “an ambiguous standard,” he has argued, the president need not withdraw forces to meet the resolution’s requirement of an automatic pull-out, 60 days after “hostilities” begin, absent express Congressional approval for the war. The conflict is in its fourth month, and no such consent has been given.]]>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:30:04 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2011/08/07/how-a-liberal-legal-star-became-an-obama-toady-opposed-to-the-war-powers-act-n85239