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The Constitution does not grant the President a crown. Yet the conduct of President Donald Trump increasingly resembles rule by decree rather than law. You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. That oath demands action now. The President has already engaged in a long list of actions that raise serious constitutional concerns: • Launching military strikes against Iran without congressional authorization, despite the Constitution granting Congress—not the President—the authority to declare war. • Issuing an executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, directly contradicting the plain language of the Fourteenth Amendment and already blocked in federal courts. • Targeting private entities and law firms through executive orders that suspend contracts, revoke clearances, and punish political opponents—an alarming abuse of executive power. • Using executive authority to attempt to reshape civil rights policy nationwide without legislation, including sweeping federal directives affecting transgender Americans that are now facing legal challenges. • Attempting to use federal power to cut off congressionally established public broadcasting funding through unilateral executive action. And now, instead of addressing the constitutional chaos already created at home, the President has escalated a military confrontation with Iran—again without meaningful authorization from Congress. Legal experts across the political spectrum warn that sustained hostilities without congressional approval violate the separation of powers at the heart of our republic. The United States cannot be governed by impulse, retaliation, or executive ego. Congress must immediately assert its constitutional authority by halting unauthorized military action against Iran through the War Powers Resolution, requiring full debate and authorization before further escalation. Until the President demonstrates the ability to govern within constitutional limits at home, he has no business dragging the nation into another war abroad. The Constitution is not optional. Do your job and enforce it.