THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY II.Areas of abuse cited by Schlesinger. A.War powers. 1.Constitutional conflict of Congress' power to declare war vs. Presiden
{"Image DocumentName": "THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY", "Image ImageDescription": "II. Areas of abuse cited by Schlesinger. A. War powers. 1. Constitutional conflict of Congress power to declare war vs. President s power as Commander in Chief. 2. In the 18th century, Congress had more time to deliberate war issues; in the modern era, however, Presidents have argued that they need more flexibility to meet rapidly changing conditions. 3. Presidents have sent troops without a congressional declaration of war more than 125 times. This has happened very frequently since 1945 (cite examples). 4. Congress has in fact generally gone along with these operations, and has of course funded them, as well. When public opinion turns against the operations, however, Congress has often responded (e.g., Vietnam War). 5. One of the reasons Congress has gone along with these operations without a formal declaration of war is that such a declaration carries with it the transfer of great emergency powers to the President that the Congress may not want to grant him.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}