: U.S. Supreme Court takes Clinton over Constitution in his war
: against Yugtoslavia

: The U.S. Supreme Court let stand on Monday the dismisal of a
: lawsuit by 31 members of Congress who said that President
: Clinton overstepped his authority by ordering the U.S.
: military to take part in the NATO bombing campaign last
: year in Yugoslavia. The justices without any comment or
: dissent rejected an appeal by the members of the House of
: Representatives hwo had unsuccessfully challenged the
: legality of the U.S. air strikes against Serbian military

: targets in Kosovo and Serbia. The lawsuit claimed Clinton
: violated the War Powers Clause of the U.S. Constitution and
: the War Powers Act of 1973 by involving the United States
: in the bombing campaign without congressional
: authorization. The lawsuit against the 77-day air war,
: which began on March 24, 1999, was led by Representative
: Tom Campbell, a Republican from California.
: The leader of a country that dictates use of its military
: without civilian approval might be called a "military
: dictator"..- A court that sides with a military
: dictator over the laws of the land might be called a
: "Kangaroo Kourt" or "Clinton's Condom
: Court" in the rape of Yugoslavia).
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Oops, that last article was written by William Carmichael and taken from the SPOTLIGHT.