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Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution, sometimes referred to as the War Powers Clause, vests in the Congress the power to declare war, in the following wording:

[The Congress shall have Power ...] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water ...

A number of wars have been declared under the U.S. Constitution, although there is some controversy as to the exact number; the Constitution does not specify the form of such a declaration.

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War Powers Clause

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Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution, sometimes referred to as the War Powers Clause, vests in the Congress the power to declare war, in the following...

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combination with the vesting clauses of Article Two and Article Three, the Vesting Clause of Article One establishes the separation of powers among the three branches...

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War Powers Act

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Necessary and Proper Clause

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expressly confers incidental powers upon Congress; no other clause in the Constitution does so by itself. The draft clause provoked controversy during...

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Article Two of the United States Constitution

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two branches. Article I grants certain powers to Congress, and the Vesting Clause does not reassign those powers to the President. In fact, because those...

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War Powers Resolution

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Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles

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Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001

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Martens Clause

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World War I

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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under the War Powers Clause, seeing its activities as a means of assuring the electric supply for the manufacture of munitions in the event of war. The argument...

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Holtzman

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Schlesinger v. Holtzman, a 1973 US Supreme Court case addressing the War Powers Clause of the Constitution Tio Holtzman, fictional character in Frank Herbert's...

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Civil control of the military

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World War II by country

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Elizabeth Holtzman

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Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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