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The President wants to send troops into a foreign country after a sudden attack, but Congress has not formally voted to approve military action. Citizens are debating whether the President can act without congressional approval.
Which part of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to make the final decision on going to war?
Article I, Section 7 — “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives…”
Article II, Section 2 — “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States”
Article I, Section 8 — “The Congress shall have Power… To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water”
Article I, Section 9 — “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law”
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Article I, Section 8 — “The Congress shall have Power… To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water.”
That clause gives Congress the constitutional authority to declare war. (The President is Commander in Chief under Article II, Section 2, but that role does not by itself authorize Congress-level declarations of war.)
That clause gives Congress the constitutional authority to declare war. (The President is Commander in Chief under Article II, Section 2, but that role does not by itself authorize Congress-level declarations of war.)
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