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War and emergency powers War and emergency powers
WAR POWERS WAR POWERS. Since the United States was created, Congress and the president have been in conflict over which branch of government has the power to make war. Though the Constitution gives the balance of war power to the legislative branch, the executive branch has steadily enlarged its... Read more
Executive Order Executive Order
EXECUTIVE ORDER A presidential policy directive that implements or interprets a federal statute, a constitutional provision, or a treaty. The president's power to issue executive orders comes from Congress and the U.S. Constitution. Executive orders differ from presidential proclamations, which... Read more
George Mason George Mason
George Mason 1725-92, American political leader, b. Fairfax co., Va. He was one of the most affluent of the colonial Virginia planters. In his triple capacity as trustee of Alexandria (1754-79), justice of the Fairfax county court, and vestryman of Truro parish, Mason exercised great influence in... Read more
Legal Tender cases Legal Tender cases
Legal Tender cases lawsuits brought to the U.S. Supreme Court involving the constitutionality of the Legal Tender Act of 1862, which was passed to meet currency needs during the Civil War. The act had authorized the issue of $150 million in "United States notes" (see greenback ) without any... Read more
Boris III Boris III
Boris III 1894-1943, czar of Bulgaria (1918-43), son of Czar Ferdinand , on whose abdication he succeeded to the throne. He ruled constitutionally until 1934, then set up a military dictatorship under his premier, Kimon Georgiev, and in 1935 began his personal dictatorship. He turned toward the... Read more
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in U.S. history, resolutions passed in opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts , which were enacted by the Federalists in 1798. The Jeffersonian Republicans first replied in the Kentucky Resolutions, adopted by the Kentucky legislature in Nov., 1798. Written by... Read more
War Powers Act War Powers Act
War Powers Act of 1973 Congress has declared war only five times in American history. Passed over President Richard Nixon's veto during the Vietnam War and the Watergate crisis, the War Powers Act (officially, the War Powers Resolution) provided a framework for “collective judgment” of... Read more
Park Chung Hee Park Chung Hee
Park Chung Hee , 1917-79, president (1963-79) of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Starting (1940) his military career in the Japanese army, he joined the new South Korean army after the establishment of Korean independence at the end of World War II and rose through the ranks. In 1961 he was a... Read more

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Open Letter to Congress: Study War Some More.
Newspaper article from: The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA) ...still redeem yourselves, and do...meantime. The Constitution requires you to declare, provide...the War Powers Act--did...to study war. Studies of the wars in Afghanistan...to end the wars ...
EDITORIAL: East Timor intervention is not up to president
News Wire article from: University Wire ...guaranteed in the Constitution (Article I, Section 8), to declare war through their...a state of war is the perfect...die only in wars that are just...Congress passed the War Powers Act, which...Judge for ...
The hun is at the gate
Magazine article from: Human Events ...We are at war. We have been at war since 8:48...this fact. Wars can exist even...Congress does not declare them if, for...that we were at war as of 8:48...President's war powers, such as military...like it, ...
MIGHTY OAK A MONUMENT TO FREEDOM.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) ...he would then declare their slaves...the military powers of the presidency...the end of the war would bring them...Amendment to the Constitution ensured them...contrabands of war'' - a term...will all behave yourselves as ...

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