# S.J.Res. 124 (119th): A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by Congress.

A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by Congress.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: cuba. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: de_escalation. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: war_powers. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: good. A yea supports the bill. A nay is the penalized direction when the tag is scored as a protection. A yea on a credit tag is a credit.
Roll 108: On the Point of Order S.J.Res. 124. Vote type: procedural.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill directly restrains military hostilities against Cuba that lack congressional authorization, which is a restraint on unjust war and an affirmation of lawful authority. The explicit exceptions for defense against armed attack and lawful counternarcotics reduce the scope of the restraint but do not reverse its direction.
Theological note: The measure bears on the Christian concern for just war, where the use of force requires lawful authority, proportion, and restraint from unjust killing. It also touches the constitutional principle that the power to commit a nation to war belongs to the representative branch, which serves the wider duty of civil authority to act under law and not by unchecked executive will. Its self-defense and counternarcotics exceptions are relevant to whether the restraint is limited to unauthorized aggression.

## Recorded votes

Roll 108: On the Point of Order S.J.Res. 124. Yea 51 · Nay 47 · Other 2.

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