Take the text's division of war powers between the president and Congress.
Because members don't want to take responsibility by going on record, Congress abdicates its war power.
The military isn't the only tool of the president's war power.
Congress's war powers were rarely seriously challenged until this century.
I do not think that the federal government's war powers can be balanced away by this court.
We do not need to test the war powers in this way.
The problem with pre-emption is keeping the president's war power under democratic control.
We have lost our way in using the war powers as they were designed.
The war power is probably the greatest power that can be held by any government.
Even used as a war power, emancipation was a risky political act.
