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Old 05-08-2008, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Anikdote View Post
No I'm not interested in analogies. I'm trying to stick to reality. If congress grants the power for the chief exec to use force, they've made a declaration of war, no other point needs to be made.
They passed the power to the President.

You can't do that under the Constitution of the United States.

Only Congress can authorize force. They can't grant the President the power to authorize force.
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