NEWSMAX: Nearly 80 percent of Americans want President Barack Obama to seek approval from Congress before launching a military attack on Syria, according to a new NBC News poll.
A whopping 79 percent of respondents, including nearly 70 percent of Democrats and 90 percent of Republicans, say Obama should be required to receive authority from Congress before taking any action against the Syrian regime for its suspected use of chemical weapons in the ongoing civil war.
The findings of the two-day poll show that public opinion echoes the sentiment on Capitol Hill, where 140 legislators, including 21 Democrats, have signed a letter saying Obama would violate the Constitution by striking Syria without first getting authorization from Congress… (more)
EDITOR: This would have value as a precedent.
