Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0816
Case Information
- Source
- U.S. Senate
- Author
- Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), with Sens. Schiff, Schumer, Booker, Duckworth, Baldwin
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-27
- Content Type
- Legal / Normative Text (Senate joint resolution)
- Opinion Issued
- 2026-07-20
- AFCS Version
- 1.0
Holding
The April 27, 2026 companion to S.J.Res. 200 (scored at 0811); identical operative text directing removal of U.S. forces from unauthorized hostilities against Iran, with the same defensive carve-outs. Identical constitutional analysis and score: Congress's Article I war power reclaimed against unauthorized executive war-making (XVII), non-interventionism (XVI, I), citizen sovereignty over the war decision (II); held to the upper band by the strong-military/anti-Iran tension that divides the movement (XVI). Entered to keep both resolution numbers in the record. Differs from 0811 only in date (April vs July) and sponsors (this version all-Democratic). Content-not-team: all-Democratic resolution constraining a Republican administration war, scored on constitutional merits.
It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0816 is hereby entered into the record, in accordance with the America First Constitutional Standard. The score stands. The reasoning is published. The record is public.