> --"The Congress shall have power...To Declare
> War...": Art I, Sec 8, Cl. 10
> (Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War I&II,
> etc.)
>
Well, Congress has that power. It's just that the
Executive has decided to go to war without declaring
it, a barbarism that the framers failed to foresee,a
nd Congress, which could do something about it
(cutting off the $, e.g.) hasn't.
^^^^^^^
CB: The observation that the United States of America is, today, scofflawful
with respect to its own Constitution's requirements for conducting war is
essentially flawless.
^^^^^--
"The President...shall have power, by and with the
> consent
> of the Senate, to make treaties...: Art II, Sec 2,
> Cl. 2
> (But Bush can withdraw from treaties without
> reference
> to the Senate or the faintest rebuke from Court)
Make is one thing, withdraw is another. The ABM treaty contained provision sfor unilateral withdrawal.
^^^^^ CB: The best interpretation is that "make" includes "unmake". Bush scofflaws on this.. ^^^^^