What would these two Gulf of Tonkin dissenters say about Congress today? by Daniel Larison, Ph.D. | Responsible StatecraftSpeaking about these fights late in his life, according to his biographer Mason Drukman, Morse said, “Many people seem to think that because the Senate passes something, that makes it constitutional. Well, the Senate can’t make something constitutional which is unconstitutional in fact. The authority they sought to give the president in the Formosa Resolution and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the Middle East Resolution… is just an unconstitutional act on the part of the Congress as well as on the part of the President.”

Speaking about these fights late in his life, according to his biographer Mason Drukman, Morse said, 

“Many people seem to think that because the Senate passes something, that makes it constitutional. Well, the Senate can’t make something constitutional which is unconstitutional in fact. The authority they sought to give the president in the Formosa Resolution and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the Middle East Resolution… is just an unconstitutional act on the part of the Congress as well as on the part of the President.”