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To: TimF who wrote (150065)	8/20/2002 3:02:14 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570751

for a war to be legal, then it requires Congress's approval. The Constitution is very clear about that.... Its not at all clear. It may not be clear to you but its clear to the people who interpret the Constitution. Congress can declare War. The President is the commander in chief because too many leaders would have been untenable and only served to confuse the mission of the armed forces. And an key Presidential power that you left out was the President's power "to propose treaties with the assent of the Senate". The motivating principle behind this assignment of powers was that Congress could turn peace into war and the President could turn war into peace. That definition of roles fits in well with the basic concept of checks and balances that the founding fathers felt was needed when developing the three branches of our gov't: the executive, legislative and judiciary. And that interpretation of roles has been in place from the get go with very few Constitutional interpreters disagreeing. Again, the problem has been that in the past, Congress has feared taking a stand on what may prove to be an unpopular war and instead, inappropriately, let the President take the lead. It was a perversion of the Constitution that I believe began after WW II and should have been stopped the first time it came up. It was never the intent of the founding fathers for the President to usurp Congressional powers in this fashion. ted