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Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority

  • Written by Sarah Burns, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; Institute for Humane Studies
Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authorityRubble from a police station damaged in airstrikes on March 3, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, not the president. But most modern presidents and their legal counsel have asserted that Article 2 of the Constitutionallows the president to use the military in...

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