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How Decades of Presidential Overreach Led to an Undeclared War with Iran

Season 2026 Episode 8112 | 17m 51s

Yesterday the Senate failed to invoke the War Powers Act to authorize military activity in Iran. Today the House takes up the challenge. Harvard Law Professor Noah Feldman reminds Hari Sreenivasan of presidents in the recent past whose war-making went unchecked, leading to this moment.

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