...civil right that the rest of us take for granted. The Constitution grants to the Congress the power to "raise and support Armies" and to "provide and maintain a Navy."' The founders clearly intended that national defense would be at the very core of the responsibility of...

...the right to declare war, but expressly provides that "Congress" (not the President) shall have power to raise and support armies;" and to "provide and maintain a navy." In pursuance of this authority, Congress, years ago, had fixed the number of officers, and of the regiments...

...civil right that the rest of us take for granted. The Constitution grants to the Congress the power to "raise and support Armies" and to "provide and maintain a Navy.'" The founders clearly intended that national defense would be at the very core of the responsibility of...

...of congressional power, those clauses of the Constitution which state that Congress shall have power "to raise and support armies" and "to provide and maintain a navy." Although he had been able to point to statutory authority allowing him to call out the militia of the...

...security policy while Congress would continue its Constitutional responsibilities "to declare war, ... to raise and support Armies, [and] ... to provide and maintain a Navy." Such an executive-led integration of policies and resources for national security received not only...

...president to expand the military on his own. It is Congress, not the president, which is given the power to "raise and support Armies" and to "provide and maintain a Navy." The constitutional requirement that army appropriations be limited to two years at a time confirms the need for ongoing...

...military supplies. In giving Congress the power of the purse, including the power of appropriating money to "raise and support Armies" and to "provide and maintain a navy," the Constitution continued this important legislative check. But the Constitution did not stop here. The...

...president is "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy," but Congress has the power to "declare war," to "raise and support Armies," and to "provide and maintain a Navy." In matters of peace, no treaty proposed by a president can take effect unless two-thirds of the Senate...

...broad range of war powers as well. Congress has the power to tax and to spend. Congress has the power to raise and support armies and to provide and maintain a navy. And Congress has the power to call forth the militia, and to make rules for the Government and regulation...

...armed forces, to include the federalized militia. Congress, on the other hand, possessed the authority "to raise and support armies" and "to provide and maintain a navy." The power of the purse was one of Congress's most potent weapons in controlling any executive misuse of...