[jwalsh07]

Undeclared wars represent one of the greatest threats to our constitutional separation of powers over the last 50 years, beginning with our "police action" in Korea.

This sentence makes me think that Congressman Paul has a dubious grip on history. Undeclared wars are and have always been the rule, not the exception.

[hoosierham]

But the Founders of OUR nation wanted to put a stop to that practice (of king's wars);hence they designated CONGRESS as having the sole authority to declare war.

Too bad that earlier generations of Congresscritters allowed an imperial Presidency to come into being, starting with Lincoln.

I am not a conservative as much as a reactionary : a conservative is simply one who wants no more change, whereas a reactionary would like to turn back to earlier ways.

Being a strict Constitutionalist is not very popular with conservatives or liberals.

[Huck]

First and foremost, we must follow the Constitution and require that the President secure a congressional declaration of war

My question to Mr. Paul is this: Where does the Constitution require a declaration of war? It provides for Congress to declare war, but I don't see where it requires the Executive to get a declaration. And apparantly, most other folks don't see it either. Someone show me where I am wrong.