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...Lanka On Feb. 22, against all expectations, Sri Lanka celebrated the one-year anniversary of its cease-fire agreement with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. On Mar. 18, formal talks will resume as the two sides continue to forge a federalist government. Not all is tranquil: on Feb. 7, three Tigers suspected of arms smuggling blew themselves up when international inspectors tried to board their boat. But chief government negotiator and Minister for Constitutional Affairs G.L. Peiris says that "the greatest achievement is the cessation of violence for a continuous period of one year." Given the state of peace...
Bonifaz, who graduated from HLS in 1992, will appear in Massachusetts District Court on Monday to argue that Bush must wait for a formal declaration of war from Congress before sending troops into combat in Iraq. It is refreshing to see such a bold action taken by a private individual who is concerned about the executive branch abusing the constitutional limits on its powers...
...very disturbing erosion of the constitutional separation of powers. The President has already mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to the Persian Gulf and has said that war will arrive in a matter of weeks. Under these conditions, Congress must demand that the President ask them for a formal declaration of war if he is going to invade Iraq. Although Congress passed a resolution authorizing such action last fall, it was vaguely worded—and, according to Bonifaz, illegally ceded war-making powers to the President. Indeed, Congress has not formally declared war since World War II?...
Bonifaz, who graduated from HLS in 1992, contends that Bush must seek a formal declaration from Congress before taking military action in Iraq...
Congress last issued a formal declaration of war in 1941 to authorize American involvement in World...