What power does the constitution give the president in military?

Answer 1

: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

Answer 2

NO. The power to declare war is specifically given to Congress in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

In fact, it is Congress that is given the power to control the means of making war, in the same section:

"The Congress shall have Power. . .

To declare War, . . .;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; . . ."

The President becomes "Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States," but only "when called into the actual Service of the United States."

Answer 3

The President is "Commander-In-Chief" of the US Military. Only congress has the power to declare war.

Basically, the President controls the troops.

Answer 4

The President is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces

Answer 5

The President is the Commander in Chief of the US Military.