now he has the power to come away from the house and the senate and from the congress. but the argument is he s getting authority from the u.n. treaties allow that become it is law of the land. there are limitations. you cannot amend the constitution by treaty. what if the u.n. te sided we shouldn t have a first amendment. would you say, oh, this is okay because the authority comes from the united nations? you can t rule out go ahead. let me interrupt. i clearly agree about that. of course the u.n. can t amend our constitution but you also can t amend the constitution through the war powers act, the statute you rely on which tried to cabin the president s power. the president would argue inherent in his executive power is the authority over the military to intervene where national security is at risk which is what he says.