The Sovereignty Paradox - When Does Intervention Become Invasion?

On January 3rd, 2026, U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a midnight raid. No congressional vote. No UN authorization. By sunrise, a sitting head of state was on a warship heading to New York.

Maduro was no innocent.. stolen elections, human rights abuses, a narco terrorism indictment going back years. But the way he was removed raises a harder question: Can any president launch military strikes on a sovereign nation without the people's representatives ever having a say?

In this episode, Nelson John break down the operation, the constitutional crisis, the international law violations, and what this precedent means for American power going forward.