[Tublecane]

"If 'Authorization for the Use of Military Force' ≡ 'Declaration of War', then why has Congress not used the words 'Declaration of War' since 1941? That is an important question that requires an answer. It is at the crux of the debate." That's not the crux of any debate. Everyone, including I assume you, knows the answer.

[savedbygrace]

And that might be important to your misinterpretation of my post, but because I was using “crux” to mean “the main or central feature”, it isn’t relevant to my post.