Lawfare Archive: The Soleimani Strike and Its Fallout
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Is This a Legitimate Article Two or Charter Action in Self Defence?
Scott MacKinnon looks at whether the strike was legal. Is it a legitimate article two or ora u n charter action in self defence? What we see here is the trump administration appearing to really be pushing a number of legal theories to their limits, well past where we've seen them taken before. It's possible they'r acting under the president's article to constitutional authority. On a facial analysis, this is a limited scope in nature, nature, limited strike in nature, scope and duration. So it seems to fit pretty comfortably. And it's certainly smaller than many other operations that presidents have pursued an article too.
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