# War Powers and the Road to Iran

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Podcast: [Cato Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-516193)
Published: 2026-03-03T11:45:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/war-powers-road-iran
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## Resource

As the White House signals openness to escalation and murky and conflicting objectives, uncertainty clouds both the legal basis and strategic endgame of U.S. involvement in Iran. The Cato Institute's Justin Logan, Thomas Berry, and Brandan P. Buck examine the constitutional and political questions surrounding the U.S. war on Iran. They explore whether the president has legal authority to initiate hostilities without congressional approval, why President Trump launched the war and how it might end, and why Congress struggles to reclaim its war-making authority. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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