Professor Rebecca Ingber testifed March 23 before the House Rules Committee, at a hearing examining possible reforms to the War Powers Resolution. The panel included Tess Bridgeman, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Just Security; Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar, NYU Law's Reiss Center on Law and Security and John B. Bellinger III, Partner, Arnold & Porter; former Legal Adviser to the Department of State and the National Security Council.

She said, "Some will likewise argue that war powers reform would be dangerous, that it might hamstring the President’s ability to defend the nation. But let us be clear. Without a change to the Constitution, the President will never lack authority to stop an actual attack on the nation. You need not worry that you will encroach too far; that has never been Congress’s problem in this space. And rest assured that the executive branch will continue to aggressively protect the President’s prerogatives."

Read Professor Ingber's full written testimony here.