The war powers act was in itself a Declaration of War. The Constitution doesn't say what a Declaration of War is, just that congress is allowed to declare it.
It later mentions that individual states may not declare war. But makes no mention of the President's authority on the subject. It does state that congress is allowed to pass laws that dictate how the enumerated powers can be used. > -----Original Message----- > From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:47 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Sen. Kennedy agrees > > I mean, 9/11 was a big deal, it hurt. We needed to go to war over it. I > still don't feel that it was a national emergency. > > Also the war powers resolution does not amend the constitution which says > this: > > Section 8 - Powers of Congress > > To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules > concerning Captures on Land and Water; > > Tim > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194656 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
