{"id":63024,"date":"2026-03-01T13:58:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63024"},"modified":"2026-03-01T13:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:58:28","slug":"was-it-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63024","title":{"rendered":"Was It Legal?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, John Hinderaker at Power Line Blog<\/a> posted an article about the legality of President Trump’s attack on Iran. John Hinderaker is one of the founders of Power Line Blog. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School. He worked as a lawyer in Minnesota before he retired. He is currently President of the Center of the American Experiment<\/a>, a think tank headquartered in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

The article at Power Line Blog states:<\/p>\n

Seemingly with one voice, Democrats have denounced the administration\u2019s attack on Iran as \u201cillegal\u201d and \u201cunconstitutional.\u201d But the Democrats\u2019 views on legality vary wildly, depending on who is in the White House. My friend Ilan Wurman, Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota, points out the obvious parallel between Iran and Libya:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The article includes excerpts from the opinion<\/a> of the Office of Legal Counsel that concluded Obama\u2019s air strikes on Libya were legal. Please follow the above link to the article for further details.<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

The Democrats\u2019 assertions about the law\u2013they don\u2019t actually make arguments\u2013are frivolous.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unlike Ilan, I don\u2019t take \u201cinternational law\u201d seriously, and I give zero credence to the United Nations. The job of the President is to defend American national security, period. And I would add that Iran posed approximately a million times more danger to our security than did Libya.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran has been at war with us since 1979. It was time for us to return the favor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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