it is in our constitution: congress can decide to use the militia/armed forces with simple majority vote.(national security)
The president can also use the military for up to 90 days by using his executive power and he doesn't need congresses permission for those 90 days.
The war powers act.
Intolerable act
The president is commander in chief of all the US military forces. This power is almost without limit. The president always has the final authority over and responsibility for any and all military matters. However, the Constitution does not assign all and absolute war powers to the president. Military power in the United States is held by both the president and Congress, with the president in the dominant position. Also, the president may use the armed forces to keep the domestic peace.
The president is commander in chief of all the US Military forces. This power is almost without limit. The president always has the final authority over and responsibility for any and all military matters. However, the Constitution does not assign all and absolute war powers to the president. Military power in the United States is held by both the president and Congress, with the president in the dominant position. Also, the president may use the armed forces to keep the domestic peace.
It does not apply to executive orders. This allows the President to do his job without a lot of unnecessary interference.
They can override (overrule) a veto, or a canceling of something that allows the president to check the power of congress.
He has complete control of the military as he is the commander-in-chief
The president of the United States is the commander of the military.
he is the commander in chief
He/She is the Commander in Chief
The president doesn't have judicial power. Only the judicial branch has this power.
Commander-in-chief
The expanded use of executive actions to combat economic crises
economic power is more important because without an economic power we would have a military power.