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Law enforcement powers. Federalised troops cannot be used in a law enforcement role due to the Posse Commitatus Act, unless the Insurrection Act is invoked.
The war powers act of 1941 was passed by Congress allowing the President to assume more power in building a military fleet to send overseas. This was because of the attack on Pearl Harbor as well as many other preceding factors. Previous attempts such as the Ludlow amendment would have called a national referenda to declare war. The 1941 war powers act ultimately was a declaration of war against the axis powers, notably Germany and Japan.
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It requires the president to go to congress to declare war.
If you mean used it in an act of warfare, as opposed to a test, the only country to do so has been the USA (Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945)
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The War Powers Resolution of 1973 is an attempt to set such limits. There is a question about its constitutionality. It has not been upheld by the Supreme Court and presidents do not always obey it.
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The War Powers Resolution was passed in 1973. It was designed to limit the president's power to commit U.S. troops abroad without congressional approval.
The War Powers Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-148) limits the power of the President of the United States to wage war without the approval of Congress.
Congress overrode 7 Nixon vetoes. Two of these were: the "Clean Water Act" in 1972 and the "War Powers Act of 1973". Here are links to those bills: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Water_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Act_of_1973
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The War Powers Act.
The War Powers Act of 1941 was never repealed. It was followed up by the War Powers Act of 1943 and then limited by the War Powers Resolution of 1973. Should it be repealed? Yes. It clearly contradicts the text of the constitution that states that it is Congress' responsibility to enter hostilities.