E108 - Constitutional War Powers w/ Katherine Yon Ebright

<p>Danny and Derek welcome Katherine Yon Ebright, counsel with the Brennan Center’s Liberty & National Security Program, to the podcast for a discussion of the past and present of US constitutional war powers. They touch on the Mexican-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Korean War, congressional resistance to the expansion of war powers, security cooperation authorities, the AUMF, and more. </p><p>Check out Katherine’s recent report on the matter, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/secret-war">“Secret War”</a>, her piece in <em>Just Security</em> on the risks of codifying the 1202 authority, and her <em>Irregular Warfare Initiative </em><a target="_blank" href="https://irregularwarfare.org/articles/unchecked-and-uncooperative-how-the-pentagon-has-thwarted-congressional-oversight-of-security-cooperation-programs/">piece</a> on the broken oversight regime for security cooperation.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe</a>