Congressional Declaration of War needed for military attack of,,,,

[Cryptoad]

another Sovereign nation.

Seems the Leaders of Dumbfuckistan read our Constitution the way they read their Bible. They pick and choose the parts they like and fulfill their needs, then disregard the rest!

[sarisataka]

1. Not exactly correct

Congress has only ever passed eleven declarations of war for five wars.

[Cryptoad]

2. Thats what Im talking abt!

Thx for illustrating my point!

[sarisataka]

4. A quick perusal of US history

will show we have been in many more undeclared wars than declared wars... (Wikipedia lists 59 US wars, probably a low estimate{sorry 59 was one century, the total list is 104 with 3 ongoing})

[Cryptoad]

5. Exactly,,,,

The Constitution does not vest the President the Powers to Declare War. just Congress. ......

[sarisataka]

8. Well in that case

every President except Jimmy Carter has violated the Constitution

[MineralMan]

3. There hasn't been a Declaration of War

for a very, very long time. It's not how we do things any more, it seems. The last Congressional Declaration of War was in 1942. There hasn't been one since. Think about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_war

[Cryptoad]

6. 1972 War Powers Act

should have been ruled unconstitutional.

[MineralMan]

7. Probably so, but it wasn't.

And there it is.