the president has the power to declare war in the us.
the president has the power to declare war in the us.
who has the power to declare war in the us?
the president
bullet::::- "iraq resolution" declaration of war. motion in re ", 2002-10-02." in order to prevent congress from yielding its constitutional authority to declare war to the executive branch, which does not constitutionally hold that power, gives congress the opportunity to declare war on iraq, rather than merely "authorizing" the president to deploy forces without a declaration of war. paul said that he would not vote for his own motion, but that if his fellow members of congress wished to go to war in iraq, they should follow the constitution and declare war.
political positions of ron paul
bullet::::- "categorical theory", under which the power to declare war includes "the power to control all decisions to enter war". this means that the power to 'declare war' in effect rests with the ability to engage in combat.









































bullet::::- "pragmatic theory", which states that the power to declare war can be made unnecessary by an act of war in itself.









































bullet::::- "formalist theory", under which the power to declare war constitutes only a formal documentation of executive war-making decisions. this sits closest to traditional legal conceptions of what it is to declare a war.









































section::::history.
declaration of war