Update to "Smith v. Obama": A Servicemember's Legal Challenge to the Campaign Against the Islamic State

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Presidential powers;    Judicial decisions;    Defense policy;   

RP-ID  :  crs_ls_2017Apr04_smith

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses a case which was brought by Army Captain Nathan Smith against President Barack Obama in 2016, arguing that President Obama had no authority to be conducting the campaign against the Islamic State because no Congressional approval had been given. The case was dismissed in Nov. 2016 but he has appealed the dismissal of the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals.