According to Article I, Section 8, Congress has the power to declare war. Article II gives the President the authority to wage war. Article I, Section 7 gives the power of the purse to the House of Representatives, which means the people through their representatives have the power to fund war, or defund war.
The Second Amendment calls for a Well-Regulated Militia, meaning that the militia must be in good order. Article I, Section 8 provides Congress with the ability to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.
The Legislative Branch, being the strongest of the three branches, is tasked with constituting tribunals inferior to the supreme Court, according to Article I, Section 8. Article III confirms that power, indicating that Congress has the authority to establish inferior courts from time to time.
Article I, Section 8 also states the Congress can provide and maintain a Navy, as well as raise and support Armies, but the funding for the army is limited to a term of two years, while the Navy has no time limit on budgeting.
Congress has the power to call forth the Militia, as does the State executive, but in Article II the President is Commander in Chief of the militia when they are called into the actual service of the United States. What does that mean? And how does that tie into the President's power to wage war, and Congress's other powers regarding war that we discussed in the first paragraph of this review of tonight's class?
Join us as we go over all of this, and more at 6:30 pm at Faith Armory, 41669 Winchester Road, Temecula.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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