Thankfully, the Democrats failed to force a vote on their legislation in the Senate last week that would have countered President Donald Trump‘s efforts to fight drug cartels, jeopardizing countless American lives.

The Democrats sought to check the Trump administration’s use of the War Powers Act, also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973, a law created during an era of perpetual conflict to limit executive authority and require advance notice to Congress before launching any military action against foreign terrorist groups.