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From: shad@teldata.UUCP (Warren N. Shadwick)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.legal
Subject: Re: Making War
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Date: Tue, 25-Mar-86 11:09:36 EST
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The original Constitutional intent was not to have standing
armies -- despised and feared by the framers.  That is why
no military appropriations bill can have effect for more
than two years.  When needed for war, the Army of the United 
States was formed (Article I, Section 8) by Congress calling 
up the state militias (see wording of the 2nd Amendment) and 
the necessary appropriations passed.

The President was to be Commander-in-Chief only when the
AUS had been formed; otherwise, he had no army.  This was 
the original check and balance of power built into the 
Constitution.

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Warren N. Shadwick
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