War Powers

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1. Which institution has the sole constitutional power to declare the existence of a state of war?
2. Which mode of congressional action does Article VI, Section 23(1) prescribe for declaring the existence of a state of w…
3. Under Article VI, Section 23(2), through what instrument may Congress authorize the President to exercise specified eme…
4. An invasion requires immediate military action. The President calls out the armed forces to repel it. An adviser says t…
5. A statute delegates limited emergency powers to the President. Before its otherwise applicable expiry, Congress withdra…
6. During a national emergency, an executive issuance purports to take over a privately owned public utility solely on the…
7. Congress validly authorizes temporary emergency powers under Article VI, Section 23(2). It later reaches its next adjou…
8. Distinguish Congress’s power to declare the existence of a state of war from the President’s constitutional authority t…
9. Explain the principal constitutional limits on Congress’s delegation of emergency powers to the President under Article…
10. A President argues that declaring a national emergency automatically permits takeover of any privately owned utility, e…
11. To which officer may Congress delegate the emergency powers contemplated by Article VI, Section 23(2)?
12. Does Article VI, Section 23(2) apply only when a state of war exists?