A 28-year-old American Army officer deployed to Kuwait has sued President Barack Obama because he believes the war against the ISIS terror group is “illegal” as it has not been authorised by Congress.
Captain Nathan Michael Smith voiced strong support for fighting the ISIS but, citing his “conscience” and his vow to uphold the Constitution, he said he believed that the mission lacked proper authorisation from Congress, the New York Times reported.
Smith is seeking “a declaration that President Obama’s war against ISIS is illegal because Congress has not authorised it,” according to court documents.
“To honour my oath, I am asking the court to tell the president that he must get proper authority from Congress, under the War Powers Resolution, to wage the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria,” he wrote in court documents filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday.