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| Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjorn Jagland and President Obama in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2009 |
Awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 2009 in his first year as president of the United States, Barack Obama is now being called to account for his attitude toward the War Powers Act. Writing for the Washington Post, Bruce Ackerman and Oona Hathaway, professors of law and political science at Yale, remind our president that the 60-day clock is ticking on his decision to go to war in Libya:
This week, the War Powers Act confronts its moment of truth. Friday will mark the 60th day since President Obama told Congress of his Libyan campaign. According to the act, that declaration started a 60-day clock: If Obama fails to obtain congressional support for his decision within this time limit, he has only one option — end American involvement within the following 30 days.
Obama has not only failed but he hasn’t even tried — leaving it to Sen. Richard Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, to call for a “specific resolution that would give [the president] authority.” Neither the president nor the Democratic congressional leadership has shown any interest. They have been sleep-walking their way to Day 60.
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