The Sierra Club, with over 700,000 members nationwide, is the oldest grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It sees its purpose as preservation, protection, and enhancement of the natural environment.
Article IV, Section 4. This section is called the Guarantee Clause, because by its terms the federal government makes certain guarantees to the states. One of theseâprotection from foreign invasionâcontinued Congress's prior obligation under the Articles of Confederation.
Ilya Somin at The Volokh Conspiracy agrees: Article I of the Constitution clearly gives Congress, not the president, the âpowerâ¦ to declare War.â The Founding Fathers sought to avoid a situation where one man had the power to commit the nation to war on his own initiative.