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drunkdriver-in-chief

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Mon Sep-13-04 12:33 AM
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8. Congress cannot GRANT war powers to the prez

I know they've been doing it for decades but the constitution says only congress can declare a war and congress cannot just give that power to a prez. By rights a constitutional amendment is needed to do that.

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