when it comes to violating the Constitutional delegation of war powers, they generally draw up their strategy from the same playbook.
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Peace and no Entangling Alliances: Did this View Make the Founders a Bunch of Quacks?
The title says it all. So what’s the answer?
Obama’s Libyan Operations are Unconstitutional
The Constitution prescribes the rules about how the United States is to enter a war, and the Obama administration has violated those rules.
Obama’s War on Libya: A Constitutional View
Is Obama’s bombing of Libya Constitutional? Here’s the short answer. Absolutely not.
Beware: Confederate, Confederate, Confederate!!
Tom Woods responds to the pro-regime Lou Dubose in support of nullification, and his new book…Nullification!
Is DC Serious About The War On Terror?
The reason I ask the question in the title “Is D.C. really serious…?†is because the federal government has not used the tools in the Constitution designed to deal with non-state entities that threaten us, namely letters of marque and reprisal.
The Constitution is Clear on Presidential War Powers
We are long past the point at which constitutional arguments have much hope of restraining the American political class, either at home or abroad. They are still worth making, though, since they serve to show the two major parties’ contempt for American law and tradition.
The Founders’ Antipathy to Militarism
While the Framers understood the need for a federal government, what concerned them was the possibility that such a government would become a worse menace than no government at all. Their recent experience with the British government – which of course had been their government and against which they had taken up arms – had reinforced what they had learned through their study of history: that the biggest threat to the freedom and well-being of a people was their own government.
Matthew Shea: Standing up for the Constitution
State Rep. Matthew Shea (WA-4th) “The decentralization of power, limited government, is a hallmark of our American institutions and our American system of government.”
Predictions vs. Reality in Iraq
by Rep Ron Paul On September 10, 2002 I asked 35 questions regarding war with Iraq. The war resolution passed on October 16, 2002. Now today, as some of my colleagues try to reestablish credentials regarding spending restraint, I want to call attention to my 18th question from six years ago: “Are we willing to [...]
The Constitution, the Executive Branch and War Powers
In reading the Constitution, we can plainly see that Congress possesses the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, to raise and support armies, to grant letters of marque and reprisal, to provide for the common defense,†and even “to declare war.†Congress shares, with the President, the power to make treaties and to appoint [...]
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