{"id":56980,"date":"2026-03-02T13:33:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=56980"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:09:10","slug":"trumps-iran-war-is-illegal-and-congress-must-stop-it","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/resources\/trumps-iran-war-is-illegal-and-congress-must-stop-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Iran War is Illegal, and Congress Must Stop It"},"template":"","class_list":["post-56980","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource_type-position-paper"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":"","resource_type":156,"authors":"","related_issues":[2082],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\">President Trump has launched a large-scale military campaign against Iran and is openly calling for regime change. These are acts of war undertaken without congressional authorization. By acting alone, he has violated the Constitution\u2019s assignment of war powers to Congress,\u00a0seized authority that does not belong to him, and manufactured the conditions for claims of expanded presidential authority at home, threatening Americans\u2019\u00a0lives and\u00a0rights.\u00a0Congress must act\u00a0immediately\u00a0to halt this illegal war and reassert its constitutional role.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">President Trump knew that diplomatic negotiations were ongoing and that there was no imminent threat to the United States. He knew the strikes could drag the country into a costly and deadly conflict. He knew his own advisors had raised serious concerns. He knew the operation would destabilize an already fragile region and place civilians and American service members in harm\u2019s way. This was not forced by sudden\u00a0attack\u00a0or necessity. It was a deliberate choice to exercise power he does not\u00a0possess.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Constitution gives Congress, not the President,\u00a0the authority to declare war.\u00a0By all public accounts, Iran posed no imminent threat. It is, in the President\u2019s telling, an unprovoked war to\u00a0attempt\u00a0to\u00a0eliminate\u00a0a perceived future risk.\u00a0That decision\u2014a war contrary to American military tradition\u2014belongs to Congress alone.\u00a0Major combat operations against another country fall squarely within Congress\u2019s war powers, as does capturing or killing foreign heads of state. When American lives and billions of taxpayer dollars are at stake, no single person may decide whether the nation goes to war.\u00a0This is part of a pattern. The administration has previously used military force abroad, including actions involving Venezuela and maritime operations in the Caribbean, without congressional approval.\u00a0Again and again, the President has bypassed Congress when deploying military power.\u00a0These are illegal acts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">We must be clear-eyed about the\u00a0likely\u00a0domestic\u00a0motivations and\u00a0consequences. By creating an international crisis, the administration may\u00a0seek\u00a0to justify expanded emergency powers at home, including actions that interfere with Americans\u2019 right to vote. It may\u00a0seek\u00a0to distract from domestic political crises, such as the Epstein\u00a0crimes, outrage over ICE\u2019s violence, and the affordability crisis. It may seek personal self-enrichment. The President has openly discussed commercial real estate ambitions in the Middle East, raising serious concerns about corruption and conflicts of interest. These are the actions of a desperate, erratic, and power-hungry president willing to risk war abroad to\u00a0consolidate\u00a0power at home.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Common Cause exists to hold power accountable and protect Americans' right to have a voice in decisions that shape our future. When a president bypasses Congress to start a war, that is not a policy disagreement. It violates\u00a0our\u00a0constitutional structure and denies the\u00a0people\u2019s\u00a0right to representation. Congress must not stand by. It can debate the merits of war with Iran in the coming weeks and months, but its immediate responsibility is clear: pass a War Powers Resolution to stop this illegal war.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_resources","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_resources":{"heading":"Related Resources","button_text":"See all Related Resources","manually_curate":false,"resource":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump\u2019s Iran War is Illegal, and Congress Must Stop It - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/recursos-2\/trumps-iran-war-is-illegal-and-congress-must-stop-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump\u2019s Iran War is Illegal, and Congress Must Stop It\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/recursos-2\/trumps-iran-war-is-illegal-and-congress-must-stop-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-02T20:09:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/resources\/trumps-iran-war-is-illegal-and-congress-must-stop-it\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/resources\/trumps-iran-war-is-illegal-and-congress-must-stop-it\/\",\"name\":\"Trump\u2019s Iran War is Illegal, and Congress Must Stop It - 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