the constitution of the united states divides the war powers of the federal government between the executive and legislative branches :the president is the commander in chief of the armed forces (article II, section2), while congress has the power to make declarations of war, and to raise and support the armed forces...
According to the Constitution of the United States, Article One Section 8, The Congress shall have the power .... " To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;"
Congress is given this power in the Constitution.
sommeone
Congress has the power to declare war. The president of the United States is the commander of the military but cannot declare war without Congress.
congress
For the United States, only the US Congress has the power to declare war. That's explicit in the US consitution.
The Constitution grants Congress the sole authority to declare war.
No, that is not true. The official power to declare war belongs to Congress.
well the congress have the power to declare war
Congress
Yes. The US Constitution, Article One says, "Congress shall have power to ... declare War."
Expressed
No, the President does not have the power to declare war. That power is reserved to Congress by Article I, Section 8. The President is empowered to deploy troops for limited purposes and limited periods of time under the War Powers Act, but he has no power to declare war.
The Congress
Each state does not have the power to declare war. Only Congress can declare war.