Re:Auden on No-Platforming Pound (2019)
by pdonis on Friday August 07, 2020 @07:39PM
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> The United States has not been in a state of war since 1945
There has not been a formal declaration of war by Congress since WWII, but I believe there are plenty of court decisions holding that conflicts like Korea, Vietnam, the first and second Gulf wars, and what the US has been doing in Afghanistan since 2001 are wars in the sense that matters for treason, since Congress passed resolutions authorizing the use of US military force, even though they weren't called declarations of war.
Also, a person can "levy war" against the United States even if the United States does not formally recognize what is going on as a war. "Levying" war is broader than "fighting against in a formally declared war".
And, finally, the other clause in the definition can apply at any time, even if there is no US military action going on at all.
There has not been a formal declaration of war by Congress since WWII, but I believe there are plenty of court decisions holding that conflicts like Korea, Vietnam, the first and second Gulf wars, and what the US has been doing in Afghanistan since 2001 are wars in the sense that matters for treason, since Congress passed resolutions authorizing the use of US military force, even though they weren't called declarations of war.
Also, a person can "levy war" against the United States even if the United States does not formally recognize what is going on as a war. "Levying" war is broader than "fighting against in a formally declared war".
And, finally, the other clause in the definition can apply at any time, even if there is no US military action going on at all.