Practice question
Distinguish Congress’s power to declare the existence of a state of war from the President’s constitutional authority to call out the armed forces against invasion. Must the President always await the congressional declaration before exercising that calling-out authority?
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Section 23 and Article VII, Section 18: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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