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To: Sherman Logan
As I said, the war and peace making powers are both shared between the legislative and executive.

As I've given the Constitutional Articles and clauses for my assertion, please be kind enough to provide sources for your claim.

112 posted on 04/20/2012 11:54:42 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a ~Person~ as created by the Law of Nature, not a 'person' as created by the laws of Man)
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To: MamaTexan
Article 2, Section 2: (The President) shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur

If that isn't a description of a shared power, I don't know what would be.

Article 1, Section 3: The Congress shall have power ... To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; To provide and maintain a Navy; To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Force

Article 2, Section 1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States

This again shows shared power. Neither branch can make war if the other refuses to proceed. The President cannot make war unless Congress provides the funds, and Congress cannot order the military to make one move except through the President.

If these aren't shared powers, what would you call them?

118 posted on 04/20/2012 12:39:31 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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