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To: elfman2 on another computer
I'm not making up anything, just applying logical principles. I'll break it down piece by piece:

-The Constitution is a legal document - a body of law

-The term "declare war", which appears in the Constitution, must have a legal meaning

-If Congress passes a resolution that has a different legal meaning from a declaration of war, then they are not declaring war within the meaning of the Constitution

-If Congress hasn't declared war within the meaning of the Constitution, then under the Constution the President has no power to fight one, since the Constitution doesn't give him such power

You're trying to twist the law into something other than what it clearly says.

280 posted on 03/03/2003 9:36:05 AM PST by inquest
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To: inquest
" I'm not making up anything, just applying logical principles."

Your "logical principles" have holes that I could drive a truck through, and have at least once on this thread alone, but you just keep coming back with another angle, another claim without any expertise, training our experience and expect your proclamations of illegality to be taken seriously. Please don’t address me again.

283 posted on 03/03/2003 2:00:03 PM PST by elfman2 on another computer
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