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Subject: Making War
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Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 12:47:04 EST
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I am sending this to both news groups because I think it has significance
in both.  I ask that people continue to cross-post on this particular 
subject, but because of the cross postings to stick to the topic and not
digress.  I don't want to hear Reagan bashing or any other crap like that.
If you do digress make appropriate changes to the heading thank you very much.

  I was talking with my father yesterday and he told me and interesting fact.
(my father is a history teacher and he didn't realize this until recently)
This fact is that the Constitutional Convention specifically took out the
words "make war" and changed them to "declare war" for powers of congress.
While giving the right to the President as Commander and Cheif the right to
move forces around as he saw fit.  Does this give the right to the president
to make war?
  Some constitutional lawyers say yes.  (They had a show on much like Meet the
Press) One of the people who says yes is Ed Muskie.  He said that is why 
they did not take Johnson to court over Vietnam.  He and others like him 
felt that they would lose.  That by specifically changing the words as they did
that they granted the power to make war to the president.

   My personal belief is that they wanted to take that right away from the
government altogether. I think this could be an interesting what could they
have meant.  So what do you people think?  Does this give to much power to the
President?  I say yes that the making of war is something to be avoided at all
costs.

   Brian Mahoney