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So much for checks and balances when the president can just "reject" Congress limiting his power.
This isn't anything new or specific to Trump. He can veto this like any other measure and the veto can be overriden With a 2/3 majority vote in Congress. That's how it's always worked.
@ChonkyOwlbear makes a very good point: the idea that the burden is on Congress to disapprove of the war and that Trump can veto their disapproval is completely ass-backwards, if you really think about it, and its absurd that the media and/or general public is treating it as anything remotely resembling business as usual.
(This isn't meant to be a criticism of @Andronyx individually, BTW. I can't blame them for falling for the same logical sleight of hand as almost everybody else.)
The way it's always worked is the president can't unilaterally declare war. Let's not pretend we are still bound by precedent or rules anymore.
Takes 51% to allow the prez to declare war or 67% to stop the prez from unilaterally declaring war? Dumb.
…since 1983 when the supreme court decided the legislative branch did not have the power to veto the president. Even when congress was the one to delegate the power in the first place.
See: Immigration and Naturalization Service V. Chadha
Its the Constitution limiting his power. Legally, congress has the power to declare a war. We've just been ignoring that as a society for a while.
If you ain't paying politicians your vote means nothing
The Vietnam conflict was decades long. Comment checks out
This guy never heard of the Trail of Tears.