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To: TimF who wrote (272991)	2/10/2006 10:13:47 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572719

Is that what he was doing when he said that the president has the right to declare war Find me where he said that. A liberal source will be fine as long as it provides a full quote with reasonable context. He may have said the president has the power to order troops in to battle. That is not the same as the power to declare war. "Alito: "Well, that's a question that I don't think is settled by -- the whole issue of the extent of the president's authority to authorize the use of military force without congressional approval has been the subject of a lot of debate. The Constitution divides the powers relating to making war between the president and the Congress. It gives Congress the power to declare war, and obviously, that means something. It gives Congress the power of the purse, and obviously, military operations can't be carried out for any length of time without congressional appropriations. Congress is given the power to raise and support an army, to maintain a navy, to make the rules for governing the land and the naval forces. The president has the power of the commander in chief. And I think there's been general agreement and the Prize cases support the authority of the president to take military action on his own in the case of an emergency when there is not time for Congress to react." sfgate.com The president has powers as commander in chief. The exact extent of those powers is one of the truely grey areas of the constitution. Not only is it not completely clear from the words of the constitution, but the Supreme Court has not ruled on it. I think that area is only gray to Republicans in 2005.