because there is a lot of people to decide whether or not to declare war
The Legislative Branch (Congress) has the power to declare war.
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The legislative branch.
The Legislative Branch can explicitly declare war.
The Legislative Branch makes the Law. Also it is able to "Lay and Collect Taxes". The people have the power to declare war.
In the United States, the legislative branch is the only branch of government that can declare war. The legislative branch is represented by the Congress.
In the U.S., the legislative branch of government is responsible, and has the constitutional powers, to declare war.
The Legislative Branch of government can declare war, or more specifically, Congress.congress.
Technically, an actual legal declaration of war requires action by Congress. But "police actions" and "emergency deployments" often can happen with only an Executive Order. The War Powers Resolution remains a Constitutional gray area.
"In the United States, the power to declare war and appropriate military funds lies with the legislative branch of government, but the executive branch supplies the commander in chief of the military, capable of some military actions even without an official declaration of war." Quote from Wikipedia.
legislative branch is the responsibility of declaring war.