<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject . You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate . (July 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 was passed by congress with Republicans voting 98% in favor in the Senate, and 97% in favor in the House . Democrats supported the joint resolution 58% and 39% in the Senate and House respectively . The resolution asserts the authorization by the Constitution of the United States and the Congress for the President to fight anti-United States terrorism . Citing the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, the resolution reiterated that it should be the policy of the United States to remove the Saddam Hussein regime and promote a democratic replacement . </P> <P> The resolution "supported" and "encouraged" diplomatic efforts by President George W. Bush to "strictly enforce through the U.N. Security Council all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq" and "obtain prompt and decisive action by the Security Council to ensure that Iraq abandons its strategy of delay, evasion, and noncompliance and promptly and strictly complies with all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq ." The resolution authorized President Bush to use the Armed Forces of the United States "as he determines to be necessary and appropriate" to "defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions regarding Iraq ." </P> <P> The legality of the invasion of Iraq has been challenged since its inception on a number of fronts, and several prominent supporters of the invasion in all the invading nations have publicly and privately cast doubt on its legality . It has been argued that the invasion was fully legal because authorization was implied by the United Nations Security Council . International legal experts, including the International Commission of Jurists, a group of 31 leading Canadian law professors, and the U.S. - based Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, have denounced both of these rationales . </P>

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