| 单词 | war power |
| 例句 | Unger's No. 1 suggested reform is, "Presidential war powers come only with a declaration of war," which is right out of Paul's agenda. 'The Emergency State:' overreaching presidents, from Roosevelt to Obama 2012-02-23T21:35:38Z During the Civil War, a dissenting wing of the court came within a single vote of declaring Lincoln’s war powers illegal. Stephen Breyer’s ‘The Court and the World’ 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z They even invoked Congress’s war powers and the federal guarantee of a republican form of government to every state in Article IV, Section 4, to threaten slavery in the states. Was the Constitution a Pro-Slavery Document? 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z In recent years, she’s been able to gain allies in her quest to rein in presidents’ expansive war powers — partly because elements of both parties had moved her way. Israel-Hamas war puts top Democratic Senate candidates' foreign policy differences in the spotlight 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z "Ask yourself who is the real enemy? A young low-level national guardsmen? Or the administration that is waging war in Ukraine, a non-NATO nation, against nuclear Russia without war powers?" MTG defends alleged Pentagon leaker: He was arrested for being “white, male, Christian, and antiwar” 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z In an effort to regain congressional war powers, the U.S. Your Thursday Briefing 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Critics of repeal say Congress willingly yielded too much of its war powers to presidents, especially on the so-called “Forever Wars” in Afghanistan and Iraq that followed the 2001 al-Qaida attacks. Why the debate over repealing Iraq War approval matters 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The Senate voted to repeal laws from 1991 and 2002 authorizing combat operations in Iraq, a move aimed at clawing back congressional war powers. Your Thursday Briefing: How Modi Wields Power 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z But he conceded that the bulk of the Republican skeptics, including himself, were reluctant to vote to repeal any war powers measures until President Donald J. Trump had left office. Decades Later, Senate Votes to Repeal Iraq Military Authorizations 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z But lawmakers fear the Iraq war powers could be used for purposes Congress never intended. McConnell opposes as Senate nears repeal of Iraq war powers 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z House Republicans, meanwhile, have signaled the Senate repeal will not get a rubber stamp in the lower chamber, saying they will work to modernize the presidential war powers rather than repeal them outright. McConnell urges lawmakers to keep Iraq war powers in wake of strikes by Iranian-backed militias 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Some hard-right Republicans in that chamber appear to favor, at least philosophically, returning war powers to Congress. Two decades after start of Iraq conflict, Congress poised to repeal war authorization 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z “Piecemeal repeal of those Iraq authorities is not a serious contribution to war powers reform.” House GOP not sold on Senate-approved repeal of U.S. war powers in Iraq 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z That authorization stretched across four administrations to permit open-ended combat against Islamist militant groups around the world and ultimately rewrote the law defining the president’s war powers. Decades Later, Senate Votes to Repeal Iraq Military Authorizations 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Republicans opposed to the repeal have argued that the Biden administration has not been tough enough on Iran, and that vacating the war powers in place now will not help. McConnell opposes as Senate nears repeal of Iraq war powers 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z "Piecemeal repeal of those Iraq authorities is not a serious contribution to war powers reform," McCaul said in a statement. Twenty years later, US Senate may finally end authorization for war on Iraq 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Proponents of the repeal contend that restoring war powers to Congress would produce more scrutiny and transparency in the lead-up to and execution of U.S.-directed conflict. Two decades after start of Iraq conflict, Congress poised to repeal war authorization 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Lake delighted conservatives with a pledge to declare the state was being invaded and use war powers to repel the invasion. Hobbs focuses on border, schools in 1st speech to lawmakers 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z “Peace can come to the world only by the total elimination of German and Japanese war power,” Roosevelt said. Opinion | Where Zelensky and Biden still diverge 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Some advocates of the war powers resolution said continued pressure from Congress also played a key role in forcing Saudi Arabia to pull back on airstrikes. White House pushes to derail Sanders measure cutting Saudi support 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z It surveys the early debates among the country’s founders about the division of war powers between Congress and the president and later developments, and it dissects each provision in turn. U.S. Discloses Decades of Justice Dept. Memos on Presidential War Powers 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z To prevent these problems, Wilson appointed William McAdoo, the Secretary of the Treasury, to lead this agency, which had extraordinary war powers to control the entire railroad industry, including traffic, terminals, rates, and wages. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Of the many ways in which the chief executive’s power grew over the first several decades, the most significant was the expansion of presidential war powers. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z This war almost surely won’t end with the total elimination of Russian war power, which helps explain why Biden actively resists the rhetoric of “total victory.” Opinion | Where Zelensky and Biden still diverge 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Now, he speaks openly of declaring that an immigrant “invasion” is underway at the border, a move that supposedly would enable Texas to claim war powers, forbidden to states under the U.S. Opinion | In a close race, Texas’s Abbott talks war — against migrants 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z “Because war powers issues almost never get litigated on the merits in court, the O.L.C.’s legal opinion is often the only one that matters,” she added. U.S. Discloses Decades of Justice Dept. Memos on Presidential War Powers 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Other impediments: approaching sanctions as though every decision required full judicial due process, rather than being the exercise of the foreign-affairs and war powers; including extensive waiver provisions; and using lax enforcement. Opinion | Biden’s scheme to cap oil prices reflects his incoherent Russia policy 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Later, however, as president himself, Lincoln used presidential war powers and the concepts of military necessity and national security to undermine the Confederate effort to seek independence for the Southern states. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Mr. Abbott has said that his administration is considering taking the further step of invoking war powers in order to deport unauthorized migrants but that there are legal concerns. Texas Governor Orders State Police to Return Migrants to Border 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Whatever the outcomes in other cases, she wrote, protecting the federal government’s war powers justified an intrusion on state sovereign immunity. Supreme Court Sides With Veteran Hurt by Burn Pits in Iraq 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z “Moreover, the office treats its prior memos as precedential — so understanding war powers law requires understanding these prior memos. Yet, until now, no one else has been able to see them.” U.S. Discloses Decades of Justice Dept. Memos on Presidential War Powers 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of representatives proposed a war powers resolution to further curtail American involvement in the war. Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen have been called war crimes. Many relied on U.S. support. That said, the framers were consistent in wanting checks and balances sprinkled throughout the Constitution, including in the area of foreign policy and war powers. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The authorization of use of military force, a blanket concession of war powers passed by Congress in 2001, appears often enough as a phrase to be its own throughline. Review: How can a country always at war ever find peace? Author Phil Klay keeps asking 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Now Mr. Abbott is weighing whether to invoke actual war powers to seize much broader state authority on the border. Abbott Threatens to Declare an ‘Invasion’ as Migrant Numbers Climb 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z “In what world could it be a sensible result to say states can be sued on the basis of the eminent domain clause but not on the basis of war powers?” she asked. Supreme Court, in Case on Veteran Hurt by Burn Pits, Debates War Powers 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z “The broader you create a war power — and you’re extending it very broadly here — the greater the impact is for federalism,” Gorsuch told Justice Department lawyer Christopher G. Michel, who was defending the law. Supreme Court examines war powers in reservist’s discrimination case 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z The presidency and presidential power, especially war powers, have expanded greatly over the last two centuries, often with the willing assistance of the legislative branch. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The congressional war powers are, however, both extensive and substantial. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z At the Office of Legal Counsel, Mr. Dellinger advised Clinton on matters ranging from the balanced-budget amendment to affirmative action to prayer in public schools and presidential war powers. Walter Dellinger, renowned legal scholar who served in Clinton Justice Department, dies at 80 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z But he said that “it would be bizarre not to allow suits in the war powers area, where the national interest is at its apex as compared to those other areas.” Supreme Court, in Case on Veteran Hurt by Burn Pits, Debates War Powers 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z The court has to decide whether that general protection was one the states gave up, as the federal government’s war powers trump concerns over federalism. Supreme Court examines war powers in reservist’s discrimination case 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Apart from the president’s war powers, the office holder’s real advantage is the ability to speak to the nation with one voice. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z As you think about congressional war powers, consider this question: Does the Constitution give the President the power to make war in the absence of a declaration of war by Congress? Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s state war powers. It’s self-defense authority,” he said. Arizona AG rules states can deploy forces to fight border ‘invasion’ 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z She said the law was consistent with Congress’s war powers. Supreme Court to hear Army reservist’s discrimination claim involving burn pit exposure 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z “But because he worked for Texas, he had no cause of action. The war powers … do not countenance that result. It’s not right.” Supreme Court examines war powers in reservist’s discrimination case 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z In theory, Congress, with its constitutional war powers, could act to reverse the actions of a president once the sixty days have passed. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z In the context of the war powers of Congress, we must examine the War Powers Resolution, a statute enacted by Congress in 1973. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The measures are similar in intent to war powers resolutions to curtail such support that Congress approved in years past, only to be stymied by President Donald Trump’s veto. House passes defense bill with commission to investigate Afghanistan failures, mandate that women register for draft 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Kaine viewed Barack Obama as “delicate and subtle” in his approach to war powers, but deep down he happily took “unilateral” action as president. Analysis | Congress ceded the power to wage wars to the president after Sept. 11. A bipartisan pair of senators want to take it back. 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z It should reject foreign policy changes enacted by executive order rather than congressional approval, and it should force the Supreme Court to clarify the extent of the president’s war powers. Opinion | What Trump’s Disgraceful Deal With the Taliban Has Wrought 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z The repeal of the AUMFs would be the first rollback of presidential war powers since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Senate panel votes to repeal Iraq war authorizations 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z The several war powers reflect the fact that the National Government is responsible for the protection of this country against aggression and, when necessary, for the waging of war. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The Justice Department’s expansive interpretation of presidential war powers, he said, “is a self-serving, one-way ratchet.” Biden Officials Open to Tightening Law Authorizing War on Terrorist Groups 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z The repeal of the AUMFs would be the first rollback of presidential war powers since 9/11. Biden officials back repealing Iraq war authorizations ahead of Senate panel vote 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z And she has continued to work across the aisle with Democrats on issues like presidential war powers and cybersecurity. Nancy Mace Called Herself a ‘New Voice’ for the G.O.P. Then She Pivoted. 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez on Thursday bowed to Republican pressure and delayed a vote to repeal the president’s war powers granted for the two Iraq wars. Dems delay vote for repeal of Iraq war AUMFs 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z The power to acquire territory can be drawn from the treaty-making power and the several war powers. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The bill weighs in more specifically on existing war powers as well, by seeking to sunset four active authorizations related to military operations in the Middle East within 180 days of passage. Bipartisan bill aims to assert Congress’s power over arms sales, emergencies and military operations 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z “Congress must be briefed on these airstrikes without delay,” said Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, who has led the fight to limit presidential war powers for a decade from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. U.S. Carries Out Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z Advocates of repealing the authorization, including Mr. Biden, argue it is needed to rein in presidential war powers and reassert congressional control. Exclusive: GOP senators demand public hearings before voting to repeal Iraq War authorization 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Obama sent mixed messages about his view of presidential war powers, and President Donald J. Trump would have vetoed efforts to eliminate the 2002 authorization. As Wars Wind Down, Congress Revisits Presidential Powers 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The Court also declared this a power properly implied from both the borrowing and the war powers. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z After Tarrio was expelled from Washington, according to prosecutors, the Proud Boys tapped Nordean to assume “war powers” and lead them at the Capitol. Police Shrugged Off the Proud Boys, Until They Attacked the Capitol 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z “Last week’s airstrikes in Syria show that the executive branch, regardless of party, will continue to stretch its war powers,” Mr. Kaine said in a statement. Biden, lawmakers take step to limiting president’s authority to go to war 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z “Last week’s airstrikes in Syria show that the Executive Branch, regardless of party, will continue to stretch its war powers,” said Kaine, a Virginia Democrat. Biden signals support to replace war power authority 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Kaine, for instance, said Mr. Biden’s recent airstrikes in Syria, which he ordered without congressional authorization, “show that the executive branch, regardless of party, will continue to stretch its war powers.” As Wars Wind Down, Congress Revisits Presidential Powers 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z “Last week’s airstrikes in Syria show that the Executive Branch, regardless of party, will continue to stretch its war powers,” Kaine said in a statement. U.S. senators offer bill to rein in Biden war powers after Syria strike 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The Senate has voted on a series of war powers resolutions despite Trump’s threat to veto them, but those were “privileged” measures that McConnell could not have prevented from consideration. Trump’s threat to veto defense bill over social-media protections heads to a showdown with Congress 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z That strict constitutionalist approach extends even to presidential war powers, with Cooke saying he wants to make sure Congress always has a voice in when the president uses force abroad. Republicans rush to northwest Georgia race as Graves leaves 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “That starts today with upholding the president’s rightful veto of a misguided war powers resolution.” Failing to Override a Veto, Senate Falls Short of Curbing Trump’s Iran War Powers 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Trump vetoed the war powers resolution Wednesday, calling the bipartisan measure "insulting" and argued that it was part of a ploy by Democrats to divide Republicans and oust him from office in November. Senate fails to override Trump veto on Iran war powers 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Last year, the House and Senate approved a war powers resolution to block U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen’s civil war. House, Senate send War Powers Resolution to Trump despite expected veto 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Often a lone wolf in Congress, Amash bucked his party on issues like protecting civil liberties, war powers and curtailing the government's counterterrorism surveillance power. Amash, taking historic step to White House bid, becomes first Libertarian in Congress: 'I'm in the race to win it' 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z The escalation in tension between Washington and Tehran quickly resurfaced just as the House approved a war powers resolution aimed at limiting the president’s authority to use force against Iran without explicit congressional approval. Menendez calls on Trump to admit Iranian deterrence efforts are failing 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z “Yet we are talking about this resolution today,” McCaul said during debate, noting that his conversations at home last weekend did not involve presidential war powers. House passes resolution requiring Trump to get congressional authorization for further military action against Iran 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Murphy's chamber recently voted on a war powers resolution aimed at reining in Trump's actions against Iran. Senate Democrat Murphy acknowledges meeting with Iran's foreign minister 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump vetoed that measure, and is likely to veto the latest war powers resolution. House, Senate send War Powers Resolution to Trump despite expected veto 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z I applaud the Republican senators who joined Democrats to advance the war powers resolution last week. Opinion | Senators, reclaim your authority on war 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z As this unfolded, Kaine and others prepared a war powers resolution regarding Iran. Reporter's Notebook: How the war-powers fight has stretched back decades 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z But eight Senate Republicans ignored President Trump’s threats and supported a war powers resolution this week in reaction to the Iranian airstrike. Engel on justification for drone strike: ‘This spurious, after-the-fact explanation won’t do’ 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z It was an opportunity to limit Mr. Bush’s war powers. Opinion | Biden deserves credit for his Iraq War strategy 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z “I look forward to Secretary Pompeo testifying before the committee at an open February 28 hearing on Iran and Iraq policy, including the Soleimani strike and war powers,” Mr. Engel said. House panel sets date for Pompeo testimony on Iran 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z In July, the Senate rejected a similar measure to curtail the president’s war powers related to Iran, with only four Republican senators defecting to support it. In Bipartisan Bid to Restrain Trump, Senate Passes Iran War Powers Resolution 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Engel called the Trump Administration’s accounting of the episode “spurious” and asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Feb. 28 “about war powers.” Reporter's Notebook: How the war-powers fight has stretched back decades 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Eight Republicans joined all Democrats in voting 55 to 45 for the measure, despite sharp warnings from Trump that challenging his war powers would “show weakness” and send “a very bad signal” to Tehran. Senate passes resolution to limit Trump’s power to order military action against Iran 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Eight GOP senators joined all Democrats in a 55-45 vote to pass a war powers resolution that says Trump must win approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran. Senate passes measure to curb Trump's war powers in rare bipartisan vote 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Matters of foreign policy have often prompted more public disagreements, like a planned vote on Thursday to curtail Mr. Trump’s war powers, but they are few and far between. As a Post-Impeachment Trump Pushes the Limits, Republicans Say Little 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The vote was the latest in a series of bids by Congress over the past year to rein in Mr. Trump’s war powers. In Bipartisan Bid to Restrain Trump, Senate Passes Iran War Powers Resolution 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Shortly after the Senate closed the war powers vote, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the resolution showed that “no president can sidestep Congress.” Reporter's Notebook: How the war-powers fight has stretched back decades 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The House, which passed a nonbinding war powers resolution last month, will probably have to take up the Senate’s version before it is sent to Trump’s desk. With some GOP support, Senate primed to pass measure restricting Trump on Iran 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to wage war against Iran, paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution. U.S. Senate advances resolution limiting Trump's ability to wage war 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday vowed to vote against a war powers resolution that would restrict President Trump’s military authority in Iran. McConnell urges Senate to reject bill restricting Trump’s war powers in Iran 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z The shifting rationale is part of what drove the House and Senate to rally around war powers resolutions aimed at restraining Trump’s authority to launch fresh hostilities against Iran. Trump officials frustrate senators with Iran briefing, as House readies votes to restrain further hostilities 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z In his Jan. 12 Outlook essay, “Five myths: War powers,” Scott R. Anderson created rather than dispelled at least two fundamental war powers myths. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: What are these popular children’s books really about? 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z But the legislation — which, as a war powers measure, was guaranteed a vote — languished for the past several weeks while the Senate was singularly focused on Trump’s impeachment trial. With some GOP support, Senate primed to pass measure restricting Trump on Iran 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Regarding the Jan. 15 news article “4 GOP senators to back measure on war powers”: Opinion | The Senate should act on legislation to limit Trump’s war-making powers 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Consider the current debate over presidential war powers. The Senate goes to Gobblers Knob 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z While Mr. Trump vetoed that legislation, supporters of the legislation hoped it would create a new model for curtailing presidential war powers. Senate Has Votes to Pass Limits on Trump’s Iran War Power, Likely Drawing a Veto 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Since then, Congress has cowardly bowed to limitless executive war power to avoid hard political votes. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: What are these popular children’s books really about? 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z The Senate is poised to formally counter President Trump’s ability to initiate further military action against Iran, as four Republicans now say they will vote with Democrats to pass a resolution invoking Congress’s war powers. Senate resolution to limit Trump’s military authority on Iran has enough GOP votes to pass, key Democrats say 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z He pointed out that he voted against the Bush administration’s war powers request as a member of the House, and he called the war the “worst foreign policy blunder in history.” The Latest: Democrats revive debate over best US health care 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z "It is important to reassert the Legislative Branch's war powers authorities regardless of who occupies the White House. This has been my position during every administration, Democratic or Republican." Tim Kaine's War Powers Resolution has the votes to pass in Senate, Dems say 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The Democratic-controlled House passed a separate war powers resolution last week. Dem senator says he has 51 votes to restrain Trump on Iran 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The Senate is expected to vote on the war powers resolution as soon as this week. U.S. House committee threatens subpoena if Pompeo will not provide Iran information 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Supporters of the war powers measures have taken pains to say they believe Soleimani was reprehensible as they argue that Trump cannot trample on Congress’s right to declare war. Senate resolution to limit Trump’s military authority on Iran has enough GOP votes to pass, key Democrats say 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The “blunt instrument” of a war powers resolution is no substitute for “the studied oversight the Senate can exercise through hearings … and more tailored legislation,” McConnell said. McConnell on US-Iran strategy: ‘Let’s not screw it up’ 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z And it’s true that federal courts often resist involving themselves in war powers questions. Perspective | Five myths about war powers 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Young said in a statement Tuesday that he opposed “a politically charged version” of Kaine’s war powers resolution, but supports revised language reasserting Congress’s constitutional role in debating military action. Dem senator says he has 51 votes to restrain Trump on Iran 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Devin Murphy, the congressman’s legislative director, lobbied other members of the GOP to join Mr. Gaetz in supporting a Democratic-sponsored war powers resolution restricting the president’s authority to attack Iran, The Washington Post reported. Trump ally Gaetz’s push for war-powers resolution has upset the president: Report 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Supporters of the war powers resolution say the administration has not presented evidence showing Soleimani posed an imminent threat to U.S. troops. Senate resolution to limit Trump’s military authority on Iran has enough GOP votes to pass, key Democrats say 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The Democrat-controlled House passed a separate war powers resolution last week. McConnell on US-Iran strategy: ‘Let’s not screw it up’ 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z The president’s war powers derive from norms, laws and the Constitution, but there are many gray areas shrouded in misperceptions. Perspective | Five myths about war powers 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, and various members of the House, have taken promising first steps by proposing legislation that would limit Trump’s war powers according to the guidelines of the Constitution. America's war machine rolls on — and most Democrats do nothing to stop it 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z That schedule could have fringe benefits for Democrats, who want to force a Senate vote next week on a war powers measure aimed at constraining Trump’s military options with Iran. Pelosi moves to end Trump impeachment standoff, signals she will send articles to Senate 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Earlier, seven Republicans joined Democrats to vote on a war powers resolution to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen, though the president later vetoed that measure. Senate resolution to limit Trump’s military authority on Iran has enough GOP votes to pass, key Democrats say 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z McConnell did not offer a timeline for Senate debate, saying only that it would take up the war powers resolution “soon.” McConnell on US-Iran strategy: ‘Let’s not screw it up’ 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z And in Los Angeles, Jimmy Kimmel discussed Congress’s resolution on Thursday to limit the president’s war powers, which garnered support even from some Republicans. Stephen Colbert on potential war in Iran: 'Worst throwback Thursday ever' 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The debate over war powers raged a week after the president ordered a strike against Maj. House Votes to Restrain Trump’s Iran War Powers 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z But the critical forum is the Senate, where Democrats are in the minority and will need the help of at least four Republicans to pass a similar war powers resolution. House approves measure limiting Trump’s authority to take further military action against Iran 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The war powers resolution is not binding on the president and would not require his signature. House votes to curb Trump's powers to take military action against Iran 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Responding to a tweet from Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., that claimed Democrats are calling for limiting Trump's presidential war powers because he is a Republican, Kaine said the assertion was unfair. Sen. Tim Kaine: US strike on Soleimani was not allowed by Bush-era military force authorization 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., broke ranks with most of his GOP colleagues on Thursday and voted with House Democrats on a resolution curbing President Trump's war powers, with regard to America's present conflict with Iran. Gaetz is one of 3 Republicans to vote in favor of House's War Powers Resolution 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z In Washington, Democrats put forward war powers resolutions in the House and Senate, aimed at stopping any further US military action against Iran, beyond self-defence, without congressional approval. Iranian missile commander claims strikes were 'start of big operations' 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z As evidence, he pointed to when Congress threatened to invoke its war powers to curtail U.S. support for the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen. House approves measure limiting Trump’s authority to take further military action against Iran 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Kaine's efforts received a boost Thursday as Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana, an ex-Marine, said he might support the war powers measure. Dem congressman breaks rank on War Powers Resolution: 'I refuse to play politics with questions of war and peace' 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The war powers resolution gathered momentum after a congressional briefing on Wednesday by administration officials seeking to justify the attack. US House to vote on limiting Trump war powers 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Bolton, a longtime opponent of limits on presidential war powers, claimed that the “1973 War Powers Resolution is unconstitutional” on Thursday. Foreign policy hawk John Bolton advocates for "unconstitutional” War Powers Act to be repealed 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z House is poised to vote this afternoon on a war powers resolution intended to limit the Trump administration’s military actions against Iran. Despite Constitution, Sanders fears Congress having war powers 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z He called the House’s vote the first step “of a broader reassertion of Congress’s war powers. . . . It is past time for Congress to do our job and not simply write the executive a blank check.” House approves measure limiting Trump’s authority to take further military action against Iran 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Later, Paul called Graham’s remarks a “gutter type of response” and recommended that Graham re-read what the Constitution says regarding war powers divided between the commander-in-chief and the Legislative Branch, in an interview on CNN. Rand Paul fires back after Graham accuses Paul, Utah's Lee of 'empowering enemy' by opposing Soleimani strike 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky said they might back a similar resolution in the Senate seeking to limit the president's war powers. US House to vote on limiting Trump war powers 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Paul and Lee both said they would vote with Democrats on the war powers resolution, prompting Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-Ky., to accuse them of “empowering the enemy.” Foreign policy hawk John Bolton advocates for "unconstitutional” War Powers Act to be repealed 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Democrats were still debating Wednesday evening how quickly to move on limiting Mr. Trump’s war powers. Pelosi Announces Vote to Limit Trump’s War-Making Power Against Iran 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z But as Mr. Lee emerged from a closed-door, classified briefing with Mr. Trump’s national security team, he launched into an uncharacteristically indignant tirade that went well beyond his usual staid constitutional arguments about war powers. Mike Lee, a G.O.P. Senator, Calls Administration’s Iran Briefing ‘Insulting’ 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The Democratic war powers resolution seems certain to pass over solid Republican opposition. House to vote on restraining Trump’s actions against Iran 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z On Thursday, the House of Representatives will vote on a war powers resolution that demands an end to US military action against Iran without congressional approval. Trump backs away from further military confrontation with Iran 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday confirmed the House will vote on a key war powers resolution on Thursday that would effectively restrict the president’s military authority to wage war against Iran. Pelosi sets Thursday House vote on Trump’s war authority 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Rather, much of the Democrats’ energy appears to be focused on nailing down their strategy for the war powers resolution in light of Tuesday night’s attack on a U.S. military base in Iraq. House Democrats focus on Iran, stick with Pelosi on impeachment standoff 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Wednesday’s briefing, he said, inspired him to again defect from his party and support a war powers resolution led by Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, that would limit Mr. Trump’s war powers on Iran. Mike Lee, a G.O.P. Senator, Calls Administration’s Iran Briefing ‘Insulting’ 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z He walked into the briefing undecided, Lee said, but left it favoring the war powers resolution being offered by Kaine. House to vote on restraining Trump’s actions against Iran 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z His 2002 vote, they said, was based on Bush arguing that he needed the war power only as leverage for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to accept international weapons inspectors. Biden’s foreign policy prowess tested by Iran tensions 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Jack Goldsmith, a professor at Harvard Law School, said both parties in Congress have for years gone along with an expansion of presidential war powers, especially with regard to the conflicts in the Middle East. Trump tests Congress’ war powers with strike against Iran 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Pelosi said in the letter that the House would vote on a “war powers resolution to limit the president’s military actions regarding Iran.” Nancy Pelosi announces vote to limit Trump’s war powers after Iran strike: “You’re not a dictator” 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will introduce and vote on a war powers resolution this week to limit U.S. Pelosi says House to vote on a resolution to limit Trump's military actions regarding Iran 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z With Democrats now controlling the House, they sought to put some restrictions on Trump’s war powers last year, particularly in legislation that sets the annual policy outlines for the Defense Department. Trump’s order to strike Iranian commander sparks fresh debate in Congress over war powers 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, a Vermont senator who voted against the Bush administration’s Iraq war powers request, calls it “baggage.” Biden’s foreign policy prowess tested by Iran tensions 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z But constitutional scholars generally agree the designation does not give full war powers authority to the president to carry out strikes without first notifying Congress. Iran’s leader vows ‘severe revenge,’ while Democrats question the legality of U.S. strike 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Constitution divides war powers between the Executive and Legislative branches. Ilhan Omar vows to stop Trump from creating 'distraction' war in Iran 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z As he noted in October, and as mentioned above, "Beginning with President Truman’s commitment of U.S. troops to Korea in 1950, the constitutional system that vests the war power with Congress has been regularly violated." Impeachment in an alternate universe: Will Ralph Nader's "missing" charges haunt America's future? 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z “The next Democratic president will happily accept new rules on tax releases, but will have a harder time accepting constraints on security clearances and emergency or war powers,” he said. Presidential Power Must Be Curbed After Trump, 2020 Candidates Say 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Rumsfeld suspected another plane hit the five-sided concrete fortress – a hulking symbol of American war power. On 9/11, as the Pentagon burned, the White House couldn’t find Donald Rumsfeld 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Sen. Sanders and I introduced a war powers resolution. Rep. Ro Khanna on Medicare for All, how Bernie can win — and the coming impeachment 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z It was passed by Congress with near-total unanimity, and yet, since then, it has come to reflect the legislative branch’s abdication of its role in the separation of war powers. The Law That Makes It Easy to Go to War with Iran 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z In early April, the House voted to cease military support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, finally approving a bill to restrain presidential war powers that has taken years to pass both chambers of Congress. Trump wants to sell more weapons to Saudi Arabia. Congress must stop him | Mohamad Bazzi 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z All this is among the reasons executive branch power keeps expanding, often at the expense of Congress, particularly in areas involving war powers and national security. Analysis | Justice Department opinions take on the force of law — but are not, in fact, the law 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z As Congress decided to shirk its most important responsibilities, ranging from war powers to passing timely budgets, Congress gradually lost the respect of the executive branch. Perspective | The House has the power to arrest people who defy its orders 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Trump vetoed it, but at the very least, that war powers resolution put pressure on the United States so we're no longer refueling. Rep. Ro Khanna on Medicare for All, how Bernie can win — and the coming impeachment 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Barr used the moment to school more senior government officials on the history of war powers, according to an account in Bob Woodward’s 1993 book, “The Commanders.” How William Barr, now serving as a powerful ally for Trump, has championed presidential powers 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z The legislation sought to use Congress’s war powers to curtail U.S. logistical and intelligence support for the Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen’s exiled government and its fight against Houthi rebels backed by Iran. Senate fails to override Trump’s veto of resolution demanding end to U.S. involvement in Yemen war 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z If the war powers resolution fails or is vetoed, legislators should pursue more comprehensive legislation. Opinion | Congress can deliver another rebuke to Trump, this time on his fealty to MBS 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Public support for Congress asserting its authority in war powers would be “very meaningful to members,” said one Democratic aide, when told of the alliance between the two veterans organizations. Two Veterans Groups, Left and Right, Join Forces Against the Forever Wars 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z The House of Representatives has passed a war powers resolution that would end all U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition, but Abizaid said the Trump administration believes strongly that U.S. support should continue. U.S. senators say Saudi crown prince has gone 'full gangster' 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Last month, the Democratic-led House of Representatives approved a rare war powers resolution that would end U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. U.S. senators pledge to push Trump on Saudis, journalist's death 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z But most Republican lawmakers objected to using Congress’s war powers to end what amounts to a support operation. Senate fails to override Trump’s veto of resolution demanding end to U.S. involvement in Yemen war 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Some worried it might prevent Congress from putting any limits at all on the president’s war powers. Senate rebukes Trump’s plan to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria, Afghanistan 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Senate invoked its war powers authority to demand a halt to U.S. participation in the war. Clashes show the fragility of the Yemen deal; the devil is in the details 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Senators voted 56-41 to recommend that the U.S. stop supporting the war in Yemen, a direct affront to the administration’s war powers abilities. Senate rebukes Trump, Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi, Yemen war 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z In approving the resolution, the Senate was invoking its war powers authority for the first time since the War Powers Act was passed in 1973. Angry over Khashoggi killing, Senate demands end to U.S. role in Yemen war, condemns crown prince 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The non-binding "war powers resolution" also calls on Saudi Arabia to "moderate its increasingly erratic foreign policy". Senate defies Trump with Saudi war vote 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z A few years later, he read a report on war powers from the Miller Center at the University of Virginia and kept it in hopes of one day teaching a class on the subject. Kaine hopeful that senators will warm to new military force authorization after Yemen vote 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z The Senate is expected to vote on the war powers resolution next week, but lawmakers have not yet agreed on how, or whether, it should be amended. US senators keen to punish Saudi crown prince but divided on tactics 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z For too long, Congress has abdicated its constitutional obligations with respect to war powers. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday took the rare step of defying President Trump, invoking its war powers authority for the first time to demand a halt to U.S. participation in the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Angry over Khashoggi killing, Senate demands end to U.S. role in Yemen war, condemns crown prince 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z But he shouldn’t ignore GOP Senators lest he eventually become as lonely on war powers as Richard Nixon was. Editorials from around New York 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z In a rebuke last week that largely amounted to a symbolic step, the Senate voted 63 to 37 to begin debating a measure to limit presidential war powers in Yemen. C.I.A. Briefing on Khashoggi Solidifies Senators’ View of Prince Mohammed’s Complicity 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Fourteen Republicans, who hold a slim majority in the Senate and rarely break from the president, have defied Trump and voted with Democrats in favor of moving ahead with the war powers resolution. US senators keen to punish Saudi crown prince but divided on tactics 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The Senate voted 63 to 37 to bring to the floor a measure to limit presidential war powers in Yemen. Senators, Furious Over Khashoggi Killing, Spurn President on War in Yemen 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z It could end up being a largely symbolic move as House Republican leaders have given no indication they would take up the war powers measure before the end of the year. Senators grilling US officials over Khashoggi response 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z A vote to limit presidential war powers in Yemen could happen as early as Wednesday, following a closed-door, classified briefing to senators by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. Ahead of Peace Talks for Yemen, Senate Weighs Rebuke to Saudis 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z But a significant number of lawmakers say Congress should exert its constitutional authority to conduct oversight of the president’s use of war powers, saying they’ve been shirking that responsibility for too long. Lawmakers want to update Authorization for Use of Military Force law 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z The new authority does not allow commandos to engage in covert action that is governed by other laws, or military action empowered by the war powers resolution used in fighting terrorists. Inside the Ring: China set for North Korea invasion 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z The war powers measure still faces several procedural hurdles before a final Senate vote. Senators, Furious Over Khashoggi Killing, Spurn President on War in Yemen 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z In one series of emails, Kavanaugh is beginning to grapple with the issue of presidential war powers, seeking “the best con law treatises” on the subject. Kavanaugh documents offer minor clues into his Bush White House years 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Kavanaugh, in contrast, has consistently questioned the relevance of international law in shaping the executive’s war powers and construing legislative authorizations. Opinion | One huge difference between Kavanaugh and Kennedy 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The claim — which is different from the justification administration officials gave last week — is likely to be quickly tested on Capitol Hill, where senators were preparing to debate presidential war powers before the strikes. Donald Trump’s Syria strike authority under debate in Congress 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z “The next speaker of the House must reclaim congressional war powers as prescribed in Article I of the Constitution. @SpeakerRyan has completely abdicated one of his most important responsibilities.” As Trump approves Syria strikes, Congress looks on cautiously and hopes for a quick conclusion 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z The Senators are indifferent to these strategic stakes as they try to enfeeble executive war powers. The Senate’s Iran Helpers 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing the detainee, argues those war powers don’t apply in the battle against IS. Government says American detainee worked for IS in Syria 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z The elimination of German, Japanese and Italian war power means the unconditional surrender by Germany, Italy, and Japan. Allied Leaders at Casablanca: The Story Behind a Famous WWII Photo Shoot 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z “Secretaries Tillerson and Mattis’s responses to my questions about the Administration’s war powers in North Korea were very worrying,” Murphy said. Current war authority sufficient, top US officials say 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Additionally, any new war powers drafted by Senate lawmakers cannot include restrictions on where U.S. counterterrorism operations take place in the world, or on the duration of those operations, Mr. Tillerson said. James Mattis, Rex Tillerson to Congress: Don’t restrict Trump military powers 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to tell lawmakers that the administration doesn’t believe a new war powers resolution is necessary. The Latest: Tillerson: New war powers resolution unnecessary 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z But both Republican and Democratic leaders have been reluctant to take up the issue — wary of having to explain a vote granting the president war powers to constituents in a war-weary nation. Senate Rejects Bipartisan Effort to End 9/11 Military Force Declaration 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z He’s also taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama-Huntsville in the Department of Political Science with the curriculum focused on executive war powers and the Geneva Conventions. Town sworn in as US attorney for Alabama’s northern district 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z She says eight months is enough time for Congress to approve new war powers. Democrat calls foul after panel strikes war powers measure 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Lincoln fulfilled Adams’s prediction of the destruction of slavery during a military conflict that would allow the president to evoke his war powers under the Constitution to abolish slavery. Opinion | Was Abraham Lincoln an incorrigible racist? 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z All participants understood the Executive would be an untrustworthy steward of the war power because of the temptation to initiate hostilities gratuitously to aggrandize executive power generally. NATO Article 5: The law bows to power 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Michael Glennon, a law professor at Tufts University who signed onto legal briefs backing Capt. Smith, said it was unusual for a plaintiff like Mr. Smith to challenge war powers despite supporting the war. Nathan Smith, Army captain, sues over ISIS war 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Republicans control the House and Senate yet have been unable to agree on health care legislation, let alone a new war powers resolution. Lawmakers slam Trump for bypassing Congress on Syria strike 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z He has seized especially the issue of war powers, breaking with President Obama by calling for Congress to provide authorization for military action against the Islamic State. Tim Kaine Readily Moves Out of Spotlight: ‘This Is More Me’ 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z A white clerk flipped through a Rolodex of constitutional provisions, plucked a card on war powers and demanded that Coar read and interpret it. Trump's call for policing urban polls stirs defiant reaction among black voters 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. announced in 1973 that an “Imperial Presidency” was ascendant and even likened presidential war powers to those in the hands of an “absolute monarch.” Despite its imperial power, the presidency sometimes bends to Congress in wartime 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Think of all the turf war power fantasies that dangle resource ladders scalable by dominating shootouts or running odd errands. Review: 'Mafia 3' Squanders One of the Year's Best Stories on Stale Gameplay 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z President Obama’s legal approach to war powers emphasizes the very factors that invite low domestic scrutiny to support unilateral presidential action. Another Forever War Anniversary 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z The first clue came when he delivered his 30-minute acceptance speech for the vice-presidential nomination in Philadelphia last month — without mentioning the war powers issue. For Kaine, war powers issue shows a break with Clinton — and a push that fell short 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z In a 45-page legal brief filed in Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, the administration offered its most extensive public explanation yet of its war powers theory. Administration Rebuts Soldier’s Suit That Calls ISIS Fight Illegal 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Although presidents have still laid “claim to unilateral constitutional war powers,” in the end, Barron writes, “Congress pressed its right to check those powers in ways that presidents saw no need to defy.” Despite its imperial power, the presidency sometimes bends to Congress in wartime 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z “While there are areas where Congress has failed to assert itself sufficiently — such as the President’s exercise of war powers — this report does little to address those concerns,” he said in a statement. House Republicans lay out proposals to rein in presidential power 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Then candidate Obama’s stated views on both war and the constitutional separation of war powers were among the few things I liked and admired about his policies. Rand Paul: We Must Restore Congressional Authority on War 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Security Council resolution provided sufficient warrant for him to order U.S. forces to fight in Korea, congressional war powers took a hit from which they would never recover. We are torturers and murderers: America’s first casualty of war is the Constitution 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Although he opted against Trump out of fear that he would be too eager to use his war powers “as a showmanship thing,” he appreciated that the New York billionaire pounded away against illegal immigration. Looking for America: Awaiting a political awakening 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z It is time for some war powers acts, to take this above-the-law scheme apart. Apple’s Privacy Fight Tests Relationship With White House 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z McConnell said Sunday that he will not advance a war powers measure to govern the escalating fight against the IS. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Although the president’s war powers are broad and formidable, so are those of Congress. Obama’s Illegal Guantanamo Power Play 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z No evidence supports the claim that the framers assigned the president plenary or exclusive war power. Obama's Guantanamo Paradox 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Obama is relying on war powers given to President George W. Bush after 9/11. Democrats critical of Obama decision to deploy 50 special ops forces to Syria 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Senate, Kaine has carved out a space for himself on an issue that has no natural party or political constituency — war powers. One year later, Virginia’s Timothy M. Kaine still fighting for a real war 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z It recommended a new codification of the allocation of war powers between the president and Congress. Tim Kaine’s lonely quest for war legitimacy 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z In the exercise of their respective war powers, both Congress and the president must respect the other’s legitimate authority. Obama’s Illegal Guantanamo Power Play 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z “A move to write new war powers to authorize the Obama administration’s 9-month-old battle against Islamic State militants has stalled in Congress. It might even be dead,” writes the AP. Bernie Sanders presses Hillary Clinton on trade 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z After Obama ordered airstrikes in August over Iraq and in September over Syria against IS militants, lawmakers complained that he was justifying the action with dusty war powers written to authorize conflicts after 9/11. AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Many senators, like Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, are more concerned with ensuring the prerogative of Congress’s war powers than inherently opposed to a deal. Schumer Is Squeezed on Various Sides Over Iran Deal 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Senators appeared sharply divided Wednesday over the Obama administration’s draft war powers bill, disagreeing over whether it provides too much leeway to combat the Islamic State, or not enough. Senators Split on Obama’s War Powers Authorization 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z In seeking new war powers to fight the Islamic State group, the White House must reconcile demands from Democrats who don't want another ground war with concerns of Republicans who want that option left open. 3 top national security officials to testify in Senate 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z But such ambiguity effectively expands the president’s war powers while undermining Congress’s constitutional responsibility to exercise certain integral oversight. Congress must stop giving presidents power to make endless war 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The congressional war powers debate is one many members wished to avoid. Lawmakers Feel No Rush on War Powers Debate 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Indeed, under the current and proposed war powers resolutions, the U.S. has the authority to go after those responsible. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z No word from her yet on the war powers resolution. Rand Paul, the Hawks and the Lack of 2016 Debate on Iraq and Syria 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z If Congress were to pass it as drafted, it might end up ceding the president even vaster war powers than he’s claimed to date. Congress Should Set Limits on Obama’s ISIS War 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Critics fear such assessments will once again enmesh the United States in a protracted, hydra-headed conflict as President Obama appeals to Congress for new war powers to fight the Islamic State. Islamic State Sprouting Limbs Beyond Mideast 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z The White House argued that the conflict was not a ground war but, rather, a “counterterrorism campaign,” and as such did not require the authorization of war powers. What Is a New War Authorization Worth? 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z President Obama on Wednesday asked Congress for new war powers to go after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the brutal terror group that has wreaked havoc and violence in the Middle East. 8 potential 2016 candidates react to Obama's war plan 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z President Obama said the terrorist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria is “going to lose” during statements Wednesday about the war powers request he sent to Congress. Obama: Islamic State is 'Going to Lose' 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z But while the president’s bill is an important step forward for democratic accountability vis-à-vis the war powers, it says nothing at all about the 9/11 AUMF. Obama's AUMF doubles down on perpetual war 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Other lawmakers seek more narrowly defined war powers to avoid the chance of America being dragged into another protracted war. Obama faces tough sell to get new war powers to fight IS 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Bill would grant war powers to fight Islamic State militants. AG confirmation hearing and other headlines 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z He is eager to work with the GOP on authorizing military action against the Islamic State and to revamp presidential war powers. Who are the most powerful in the Senate? Not exactly whom you might think. 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z They strongly favor curtailing the president’s war powers. Senate Panel Approves Limited Fight Against ISIS, Reopening War Powers Debate 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z He said the administration supported a proposal by Senator Robert Menendez to grant new war powers for a period of three years to avoid an open-ended authorization. Kerry urges flexibility in U.S. war powers against Islamic State 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Obama is expected to send Capitol Hill his blueprint for updated war powers as early as Tuesday. Obama faces tough sell to get new war powers to fight IS 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Few lawmakers expect that Congress will approve new war powers before the end of the lame-duck session this year. Kerry: New flexible war powers needed to fight IS 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Leaders in both parties expect broad bipartisan support this week for the proposal to equip and train Syrian rebels — followed, after the midterm elections, by an expansive war powers debate during the lame-duck session. It’s not 2002 anymore: For Congress, a sea change since its last Iraq war vote How a war powers resolution will be handled by the new Republican Congress is still being worked out. Senate Panel Approves Limited Fight Against ISIS, Reopening War Powers Debate 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The question of ground forces, however, will probably become a central focus of a legislative debate about war powers that is expected to begin after the Nov. 4 elections. Dempsey raises possibility of involving U.S. combat troops in fight against Islamic State Yesterday’s announcement of a ramped-up war against the Islamic State in Iraq and possibly Syria rests on yet another novel war powers theory. Obama's Breathtaking Expansion of a President's Power To Make War 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z “I'm shocked to see Congress punt on its war powers,” said Charles A. Stevenson, professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, who called the lack of action an “abdication.” Congress expected to avoid vote on military action in Iraq, Syria 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Nah, he still can use Bush’s old war powers resolution still in effect from 12 years ago. Republicans Can't Decide if Obama Is a Weakling or a Tyrant 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Effective enforcement of the Constitution on war powers is political. Congress needs to act on Iraq authorization Ultimately, the allocation of war powers is based on a value. Congress has a role in U.S. military action in Iraq After five years of supine acquiescence to President Obama’s multiple usurpations, Congress suddenly becomes exercised over a war power — where its claim is weakest. Charles Krauthammer: Free Bowe Bergdahl, then try him But it is also because the OLC’s most important opinions, particularly in the areas of “national security” and “war powers,” are classified. Not so fast! Before David Barron’s nomination, secret drone opinions must be digested 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z U.S. officials said the operation was lawful under war powers that Congress granted the executive branch after the Sept. Libya condemns U.S. raid and capture of bombing suspect 2013-10-06T16:59:41Z The contrasting moves, ceding more of a political role to Congress domestically while expanding national war powers on the international stage, underscore the complexity of Mr. Obama’s approach to the Syrian crisis. Obama Tests Limits of Power in Syrian Conflict 2013-09-09T03:40:04Z There is lingering resentment about Mr. Obama’s stretching of the interpretation of the executive’s war powers and brushing aside Congress in the campaign to topple Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya in 2011. Letter From Washington: Obama's Red Line Comes Back to Haunt Him 2013-09-01T16:03:07Z It would not be the first time Obama acted outside his own previous definition of presidential war powers. Syria Strike Would Be Obama's Biggest Flip-Flop 2013-08-27T21:35:24Z In addition to renewing his call to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, he said he would seek to limit his own war powers. The Caucus: Wind Down the War on Terrorism? Republicans Say No 2013-05-26T18:37:39Z Historian Forgot to add about your use of "war powers" or your misuse of it. Oscar Countdown: How the Legacy of Lincoln Still Influences Politics Today 2013-02-24T00:35:24Z But by the 2011 conflict in Libya he abandoned his campaign view of presidential war powers as too limited. Obama Tests Limits of Power in Syrian Conflict 2013-09-09T03:40:04Z Every senator on that committee would give birth to multiple litters of kittens, call for the launching of World War III, and immediately pass laws granting the president unlimited war powers into the indefinite future. How do you explain drone killings? With post-Orwellian “Newspeak” 2013-02-09T17:00:00Z The proclamation is seen as the defining act that ended the scourge of slavery and, as it was enacted by a President wielding war powers, is forever pinned to Lincoln. The Emancipation Proclamation: Hear the Many Voices That Cried Freedom 2013-01-01T10:50:21Z The proclamation, issued under Lincoln’s war powers, immediately freed all slaves in the Confederate States of America. Career Lessons From Spielberg's 'Lincoln' 2012-11-08T19:32:18Z It is a better argument that the supension of civil liberties is legal under war powers. Oscar Countdown: How the Legacy of Lincoln Still Influences Politics Today 2013-02-24T00:35:24Z These incidental consequences were contemplated in the grant of the war power. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z In 1943, ruling unanimously, the court upheld the curfew as a constitutional exercise of the government’s war powers. Gordon Hirabayashi, WWII Internment Opponent, Was 93 2012-01-04T01:45:41Z Now, of course, it was carefully delimited as Lincoln knew that if he overstepped his war powers, the Supreme Court would overrule whatever he did. The Emancipation Proclamation: Hear the Many Voices That Cried Freedom 2013-01-01T10:50:21Z The proclamation did not purport to rest upon any constitutional power, but upon war powers solely. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z Which I think is that anyone who assumes war powers that suspend civil liberties is by definition a despot. Oscar Countdown: How the Legacy of Lincoln Still Influences Politics Today 2013-02-24T00:35:24Z The President calmly, clearly, sadly reviewed the facts which compelled him to call into action the war powers of the Government, and constrained him, as the Chief Magistrate, "to accept war." Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z "The debate over the war powers act is a diversion from what really matters for American interests, which is the post-conflict environment in Libya," he said. Obama says Libya campaign legal, making progress 2011-06-29T20:50:00Z “We do not believe the war powers 60 days automatic pull-out provision applies to the Libya mission,” he said. Obama Adviser Defends Libya Policy to a Frosty Senate 2011-06-28T19:01:14Z “Whether it’s necessary, if it includes reference to it and makes it clear that we are acting consistent with the war powers act, that’s what I’m looking for.” Libya Dispute Has Obama and Boehner Recasting Old Arguments 2011-06-17T18:29:02Z I talked about Lincoln war powers and you relatedthat to a modern law. Oscar Countdown: How the Legacy of Lincoln Still Influences Politics Today 2013-02-24T00:35:24Z Nor does the fact that Yemen's president has given it his blessing really mean anything from a war powers standpoint. Yet another illegal war -- now in Yemen 2011-06-14T15:15:00Z The Libyan operation reached that deadline, which was imposed by the war powers law of the Vietnam era, on Friday. Libya Effort Is Called Violation of War Act 2011-05-26T01:39:20Z Some said they didn't approve of where he had chosen to offer his war powers amendment -- on legislation to do with small businesses. Senate blocks war powers vote amid Libya action 2011-04-05T22:16:08Z They seem to believe quite seriously that, as long as they don’t call it a war, it doesn’t fall under any laws regulating war powers or the Constitution. Obama's new view of his own war powers 2011-03-31T17:32:00Z How can one suspend the habeas corpus law under a war powers resolution which didn't come into existence until the 20th Century? Oscar Countdown: How the Legacy of Lincoln Still Influences Politics Today 2013-02-24T00:35:24Z The contention that the president exceeded his authority in the airstrikes on Libya seems specious to most war power experts. Letter From Washington: Libya Action Creates Risks for Obama 2011-03-27T19:20:22Z The war power, as such, cannot be used to extinguish the States; the Government only seeks to suppress the insurrection, achieving which all the States resume their normal relations. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z It had no right to reconstruct the government of Maine in 1865, because Maine had no body of people over whom the federal government could exercise war powers. The Reconstruction of Georgia Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1901 2011-03-14T03:01:05.213Z To out-Adams Adams in putting internal improvements by the General Government on the most Omnipotent and indefinitely stretching power of all powers of the Federal Government—the war power? Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z This was not conquest, which would have been covered by the war power, but purchase, which is covered by the treaty power, surrendered, like the other, by the states to the federal government. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z "Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander": Your views on, say, the constitutional limits of presidential war powers should not turn on which party controls the presidency. How pervasive is Democratic dissatisfaction? 2010-10-05T13:06:00Z Such legislation was justifiable only under the war power, and should not extend to times of peace. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z Are we "at war" on the entire planet -- the centerpiece of the Bush/Cheney assertion of radical powers -- or are there physical limits to where the President's war powers apply, i.e., where the "battlefield" is? Questions for Andrew Sullivan 2010-09-30T00:30:00Z For my part, I take ground now firmly and at once against the war power. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z Judge Brown attacked her seven colleagues for appending “a cryptic statement” that she said would “muddy the clear holding” that international law does not limit the war powers Congress authorized. Appeals Court Backs Away From War Powers Ruling 2010-09-01T04:20:00Z Order on the Court Kagan may be to the right of Stevens on war powers. Why Kagan Won't Change the Court on War Powers 2010-06-19T00:55:00Z "But," the Northern people may exclaim, "in case of such an execrable violation of justice, we would revolt,—we would"——Ah! but in whose hands would then be "the war power"? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 "No use o' huntin' rebels with a brass band," said Si, who, since his association with Mr. Rosenbaum, had gotten some idea that stealth and cunning were efficient war powers. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures I am against internal improvements by the General Government, more than ever since their construction is put on the war power. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z Almost the first measure of any importance introduced and passed to a law was the Morrill tariff, that slapped the greatest war powers of Europe in the face. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 In conclusion I want to register my admiration for the war power of a country. Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry Marie Louise joined them and took what comfort she could in such diminution of pain and such contributions 34 of war power as were permitted her. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards A more direct contest with the President over his war powers was waged around the Espionage Bill. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Having emptied the treasury, which he found full, and living precariously upon the borrowed money, he now demands of Congress to intrust to his unchecked discretion the war power, the purse, and the sword. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z So much is spoken of the war powers of the President; I study, and study, and cannot find them as absolute as the Lincolnites construe them. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 To emancipate through the war power is an offence to reason, logic, and humanity; but better even so than not at all. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Hence his theory of the war power of the Constitution, which may be construed to permit everything necessary to carry on the war. Historical Essays And this over the greatest maritime war power of the world! America First Patriotic Readings I desire the Senator from Indiana to understand that it is under this war power that the authority of the Freedmen's Bureau is to be exercised. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States Like all kind of war power, that of the president has for its geographical limits the pickets of his army—has no executive authority beyond, besides being obligatory only as long as bayonets back it. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 The war power is a power conferred by the Constitution; but it is a power which, in face of an enemy, is above all other constitutional powers. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Someone starts building war power—power to insure peace, as they always say. Victory But war time is no time for theories, and a man with war powers in his hands is not one to parley with them. The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind These conclusions of the law are worthy to be considered carefully in view of the solemn resolutions of the Chicago platform, that 'military necessity' and the 'war power' are 'mere pretences' to override the Constitution. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy He has no war powers over those of Congress, and can act very little on his own hook. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 The names of Lincoln and Chase show that the presidential, the financial, and the war powers were in the hands of the Middle West. The Frontier in American History You've counted on the fact that war powers have to attack other powers nearby before they can safely strike against Earth, and you've buffered yourself with a jury-rigged economic trading system. Victory The authority to emancipate under the war power is well settled, but it could only be asserted over territory occupied by our armies. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 "So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the government; and so to resist force employed for its destruction, by force for its preservation." Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. To emancipate in virtue of a war power is scarcely to perform half the work, and is a full logical incongruity. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 This warning to alien enemies could not however be regarded as a measure of special harshness, or one beyond the fair exercise of the war power. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 The war power was in this respect different from the peace power. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. Apparently he was the first to declare the doctrine, that the abolition of slavery could be lawfully accomplished by the exercise of the war powers of the Government. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series It was with the deepest regret that the Executive found the duty of employing the war power in defense of the government forced upon him. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The president had to issue his proclamation as guardian and executor of the Constitution, and then Africo-Americans recovered their citizenship on firmer and broader grounds than under, or by the war power. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 It is impossible to imagine a more broad, ample, and unqualified delegation of the whole war power of each State than is here contained, with the solitary limitation of the appropriations to two years. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government If these influences, the presence of the war power and free discussion, be to continue, very good. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Being an exercise of the war powers of the Government, such confiscation is not affected by the restrictions of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 It was a forlorn hope from a military standpoint, but for three weeks the Belgians with shrinking forces held in check the war power of Germany. The Audacious War This was done in the exercise of the "war power" to which Mr. Adams referred in Congress, and for which he had the most abundant authority. The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power That is the power to make war against foreign nations, for the Government has no other war power. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government The deadly effect of this paralysis of trade upon Southern war power may be readily imagined. History of the United States Where the war power has been the basis of decision, two different theories concerning its significance can be recognized. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 When the object was unlimited, and would consequently call forth your enemy's whole war power, it was evident that no firm decision of the struggle could be reached till his war power was entirely crushed. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy On the contrary, he urged, early and late, upon Congress and the President the exercise of the war power to put an end for ever to slavery. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist He says, "So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government." The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government These learned gentlemen did their duty, and developed the "war powers" under the Constitution in a manner equally ingenious, comical, and sensible. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I Apparently in the belief that the broad sweep of the war power warranted the creation of the Air Force, without a constitutional amendment, Congress took no action on this proposal. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government and so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 1: Abraham Lincoln It broke the war power of the Modoc Indians as a tribe for all time, and from that day the white man could pass unvexed through the country of the Modocs. Reminiscences of a Pioneer He now goes to the Constitution for the exercise of his war power, and here we have another fiction. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Explain the "implied war powers" of the Congress. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins It was conceded that the measure was valid when enacted, since the mere cessation of hostilities did not end the war or terminate the war powers of Congress. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 It was with the deepest regret that the Executive found the duty of employing the war power in defense of the Government forced upon him. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 1: Abraham Lincoln The power of Congress to acquire territory and the right of the executive to control new territory under the war power had long been conceded. The United States Since the Civil War "Here," he says, "no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government." The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Fish Commission, and the National Museum, exhibited such articles and materials as illustrate the function and administrative faculty of the government in time of piece, as well as its resources as a war power. By Water to the Columbian Exposition The authority of Congress to authorize each of them sprang from its war powers. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Why was it that she could begin that offering of needed aid which has since poured itself in a full, and swollen, and rushing stream, into the war power of the national government? The American Union Speaker Admittedly, however, government under the war power was temporary and transitional. The United States Since the Civil War For what purpose must he call out this war power? The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government India and the other conquered dependencies are the fruits of strength as a war power at sea combined with weakness on land. Lectures and Essays The railway, telegraph, and wireless systems were taken over by the government under the President's war powers. Problems in American Democracy He defends the Supreme Council: it was acting under the war powers. Public Opinion We have been able to avoid such disaster, in recent years, only by the use of extraordinary war powers. State of the Union Address Two weeks later, Parliament met in a special four day session and without a dissenting voice voted the war credits the Government asked and conferred upon it special war powers of the widest scope. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor In the midst of other cares, however important we must not lose sight of the fact that the war power is still our main reliance. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 7: 1863-1865 An important phase of the President's war powers is the constitutional charge to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Problems in American Democracy It was with the deepest regret that the executive found the duty of employing the war power in defense of the government forced upon him. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 The anti-Lincoln Republicans were silent while their party enemies with their stolen thunder rang the changes on the presidential abuse of the war powers. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War It would be a far-reaching stroke if Lincoln, in any way, could extort from Congress acquiescence in his use of the war powers on a vast scale. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Here was the matter of the war powers in a surprising form. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Enumerate the chief war powers of the President. Problems in American Democracy Here was the old issue of the war powers in a new form that it was safe for them to press. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Attempts had been made to induce Congress to concede the war powers to the President and to ask, not command, him to use them for the liberation of slaves in the Seceded States. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War The opportunity to make capital out of the war powers was quite too good to be lost! Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Vallandigham's colleague, Pendleton of Ohio, formulated the Democratic doctrine: that the Constitution was being violated by the President's assumption of war powers. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War The concentration of war powers in the hands of President Lincoln during the Civil War was matched by the temporary dictatorship wielded by President Wilson during the World War. Problems in American Democracy But one thing: use the war powers while they remained in his hands in every conceivable way that might force a conclusion on the field of battle. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War On the other hand the President, if he abuses the war powers "when peace returns, is answerable to the civil power for that abuse." Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War He had also carried to its ultimate his assumption of war powers. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Not only the issue whether a State had a right to secede, but also the issue of the President's possession of the war powers of the Constitution. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War His aim was to explain the nature of those war powers of the government "which lie dormant during time of peace," and therefore he frankly put the question, "Is Congress the government?" Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Certain "war powers" are recognized but not clearly defined; nor is it made perfectly plain what branch of the government possesses them. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War The importance of preserving the war power of the President had become a fixed condition of Lincoln's thought. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Are those undefined "war powers," which are the most sovereign functions of our government, vested in Congress or in the President? Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Where in last analysis does the Constitution place the ultimate powers of sovereignty, the war powers? Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Asserting that Congress could no more command the army than it could adjudicate a case, he further asserted that the Supreme Court had settled the matter and had lodged the war powers in the President. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War |
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