[Marxism] George the Sixth I am, I am. Kerry and the U.S. Constitution. Did he misslip?

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

George III, the two Georges and now Kerry rushes in to claim the 
prerogative of kings or Caesars. This may give him a lot of trouble.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52839-2004Aug9.html
"Yes, I would have voted for the authority. I believe it was the right 
authority for a president to have."

Here is the full resolution: "Authorization for Use of Military Force 
Against Iraq Resolution of 2002
U.S. House of Representatives Joint Resolution 114"
http://www.leaderu.com/socialsciences/iraq_war.html
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THE CONSTITUTION
Article 1, Sec 8 (11) of the U.S. Constitution states: "Congress shall 
have the power... to declare war."

JAMES MADISON
“The Constitution expressly and exclusively vests in the Legislature 
the power of declaring a state of war [and] the power of raising 
armies. A delegation of such powers [to the president] would have 
struck, not only at the fabric of our Constitution, but at the 
foundation of all well organized and well checked governments. The 
separation of the power of declaring war from that of conducting it, is 
wisely contrived to exclude the danger of its being declared for the 
sake of its being conducted.” --James Madison, 1793

ALEXANDER HAMILTON
In The Federalist, No. 69 Hamilton notes: "[T]he President is to be 
commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this 
respect his authority would be nominally the same with that of the king 
of Great Britain, but in substance much inferior to it. It would amount 
to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the military 
and naval forces, as first General and admiral of the confederacy; 
while that of the British king extends to the declaring of war and to 
the raising and regulating of fleets and armies,--all which, by the 
Constitution under consideration, would appertain to the legislature.''
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Regarding a conflict with Tripoli, Hamilton, however, pointed out that 
if the U.S. was attacked, then we would in fact be at war. However, 
this did not foreclose any subsequent official declaration of war.*

Further clarifying information is the "War Powers Resolution" of 1973 
passed towards the end of the Vietnam war. But this "act" itself is 
merely a declaration passed by joint resolution rather than by the 
individual chambers of Congress and it unconstitutionally delegates 
power to the President, not in the Constitution. However, even this was 
originally purported to be a "liberal" document designed to cut-off 
funding of the Vietnam War and was in fact passed over President 
Nixon's veto.
The "War Powers Resolution" of 1973 is at 
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/warpower.htm

from Brian Shannon
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From the Halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tripoli
We fight our country's battles
In the air on land and sea.
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to bear the title
Of United States Marines.               

Our flag's unfurled to every breeze
From dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in every clime and place
Where we could take a gun.
In the snow of far-off Northern lands
And in sunny tropic scenes;
You will find us always on the job --
The United States Marines.

Here's health to you and to our Corps
Which we are proud to serve;
In many a strife we've fought for life
And never lost our nerve.
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes,
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines.




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