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2002 AUMF

The 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force, which was originally directed at Iraq and has been interpreted to authorize defensive and supporting operations to stabilize Iraq and counter terrorist threats.

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Feb 4, 2026

How did the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs get used to justify strikes during the Obama administration?

The administration justified an expanding set of strikes first on constitutional Article II authority and then increasingly by reading the broadly to cover “associated forces” of and, with support fro...

Jan 16, 2026

What legal arguments did the Obama administration use to justify cross-border targeted strikes?

The Obama administration grounded its cross-border targeted-strike program mainly in a combination of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and the President’s Article II commander-i...

Jan 7, 2026

Biden military action unauthorized

The question “Biden military action unauthorized” cannot be answered with a simple yes or no: the Biden administration has repeatedly asserted legal authority to order strikes without a new congressio...

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