[20200218]LSB10391_更新日期：美国最近的空袭：法律授权和问题.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i UPDATED: Recent U.S. Airstrikes: Legal Authorities and Questions Updated February 18, 2020 Update: The Trump Administration has reported to Congress a “change in application of the existing legal and policy frameworks” regarding the use of military force, which presented the following legal justification for the January airstrikes: Article II of the United States Constitution, empowers the President, as Commander in Chief, to direct the use of military force to protect the Nation from an attack or threat of imminent attack and to protect important national interests. Article II thus authorized the President to use force against forces of Iran, a state responsible for conducting and directing attacks against United States forces in the region. In addition, under the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq (2002 AUMF), “the President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to . defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq.” Although the threat pose