U.S. Strikes on Yemen are Unconstitutional and Violate U.N. Charter: Congress should exercise its authority to stop strikes on Yemen

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 27, 2025
CONTACT: Isaac Evans-Frantz, [email protected]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. airstrikes across Yemen since March 15 are unconstitutional acts of war that lack congressional authorization, said the organizations DAWN, Action Corps, and Just Foreign Policy today. Congress should stop strikes on Yemen and uphold its sole authority to declare war under Article I of the Constitution and the 1973 War Powers Resolution (WPR). The strikes also violate Chapters I and VII of the United Nations Charter, which prohibits states from launching a war unless in self-defense or authorized by the U.N. Security Council. 

"President Trump has not only launched us into a new military escapade in the Middle East, he's done so in breach of our Constitution, which requires congressional authorization to start a war," said Isaac Evans-Frantz, director of Action Corps. "Congress should demand an end to this reckless, unauthorized war that will both harm U.S. interests and continue to terrorize the Yemeni people who have already suffered years of U.S.-backed violence."

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