Sentences with phrase «war powers»

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The president has nearly unlimited war powers for a short period of time during a conflict and does not require oversight from Congress.

Didion's point is that this tendency has flattened discussion since 9/11, and has created a government in which Democrats, with few exceptions, either have remained silent or have supported whatever the president wants with respect to foreign policy — the congressional vote on war powers in regard to Iraq being the, prime example.

Global geopolitical Series: Israel amends law giving war powers to Prime Minister and Defense Minster

Those who think Congress can easily reclaim war powers that presidents have usurped since then don't see how powerful Polk's method generally proves in a democracy.

It is analogous legally, to being placed in a Japanese internment camp during WWII due to your Japanese descent even if you are lawfully present in the U.S., when war powers authorized the detention notwithstanding a lack of any personal or particularize fault of those detained.

Slavery is likely to be abolished by the war power and chattel slavery destroyed.

When he sought to expand the United States into territory controlled by Mexico, he found an easy way around Congress's war power.

There is also an element of danger, for the one who adopts this attitude seems to be the enemy of every warring power, will not be protected by any group or human force, and will be executed no matter who wins.

Previous answer has explained how the war powers resolution brings in congress.

To add to that The war powers resolution, in answering the original question, wiki says that the president may act under

MPs are calling for clear answers about parliament's war powers, after questions were raised following the Libya mission.

The former shadow work and pensions secretary also backed Mr Corbyn's call for a war powers act to give MPs in Parliament a legal veto over any decision to go to war.

«Our movie is really about a working leader who must make tough decisions and get things done in the face of overwhelming opposition... [The film begins with] Lincoln's realization that the Emancipation Proclamation, the thing he is most known for, was simply a war powers act that would easily be struck down by any number of lawyers after the cessation of hostilities after the Civil War.

Following a consultation paper (The Governance of Britain: War powers and treaties: Limiting Executive Powers, Cm 7239), the Bill proposes the following.

Prior to rejoining the Department of Justice, he was a regular contributor to several blogs and web sites, including Balkinization, SCOTUSblog, Opinio Juris, and Slate, writing principally on issues relating to separation of powers, war powers, torture, detention, interrogation, international law, treaties, executive branch lawyering, statutory interpretation and the First Amendment.