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To: DiogenesLamp
Which clause of the Constitution discusses enemies foreign and domestic? [...] the correct answer is: there is no such clause.

You are mistaken. There really is such a clause

Bad news, ignoramus: that phrase is in the oaths sworn by enlisted men and officers (http://www.history.army.mil/html/faq/oaths.html) but occurs nowhere in the Constitution (http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html) as a link click and Control+f will show.

155 posted on 05/04/2015 1:56:06 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: ConservingFreedom
Implicit in these and other enumerated powers.

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

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 Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

156 posted on 05/04/2015 2:01:44 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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