At the Cipher Brief, Professor Geoffrey Corn, member of CERL’s Advisory Council, discusses several legal questions arising from the U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear and military sites, including those pertaining to the reach of and constraints on presidential war powers. Through its lawmaking authority, Congress has the ability to limit or terminate measures undertaken through the president’s war powers.

Geoffrey S. Corn is the George R. Killam, Jr. Chair of Criminal Law and Director of the Center for Military Law and Policy at Texas Tech University School of Law. A retired U.S. Army Judge Advocate Officer, he served as the Army’s senior law of war advisor. He is also a member of the CERL Advisory Council. Read his bio here. 

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