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12 results for “war powers”
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution · SI explainer
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11: Declare War Clause; Marque and Reprisal Clause
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Declare War Clause Marque and Reprisal Clause This clause gives Congress the power to declare war, authorize marque and reprisal,…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution · SI explainer
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: Necessary and Proper Clause
…Centinel, feared that the clause would give Congress unlimited power. Brutus warned in Brutus No. 1 that the clause 'may receive a construction to justify the passing almost any law' and could lead to the consolidation of the states into…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution · SI explainer
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: Taxing and Spending Clause; General Welfare Clause; Uniformity Clause
…and the Supremacy Clause, would allow Congress to dominate the states. Brutus warned in Brutus No. 6 that Congress would be the 'only judges' of what tended to the general welfare, and that the states would not be able to raise revenue…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 8: Enumerated Powers of Congress
…on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution · SI explainer
Article I, Section 8, Clause 10: Define and Punish Clause
…interpreted its scope in cases involving military commissions and the law of war. In Ex parte Quirin (1942), the Court upheld the trial of Nazi saboteurs by military commission for violations of the law of war, which is related to offenses…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article I: The Legislative Branch
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article III: The Judicial Branch
…directed. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution · SI explainer
Article I, Section 8, Clause 17: Enclave Clause; District Clause
…in The Federalist No. 43 that such authority carried its own evident need, and warned that dependence on the state containing the seat of government could expose public authority to insult or interruption and bring dishonor and…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 10: Limits on the States
…the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 10, Clause 3: Tonnage Clause; Compact Clause
…the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution · SI explainer
Article II, Section 2, Clause 2: Treaty Clause; Appointments Clause
…a President. Jay wrote in The Federalist No. 64 that treaty-making concerned war, peace, and commerce and should be exercised by the best qualified participants under precautions protecting the public good. For appointments, Hamilton wrote…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article III, Section 3: Treason
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same…