Foreign Policy & War Powers
The tension between the President as Commander-in-Chief and Congress's power to declare war.
Key Questions
- 1Has the War Powers Resolution of 1973 successfully limited executive military action?
- 2Who should have the final say in deploying troops for "police actions"?
- 3How do treaties and executive agreements differ in their legal standing?
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