Defense Primer: Congress’s Constitutional Authority with Regard to the Armed Forces
Article I, Section 8, Clauses 11-14
The Congress shall have power *** ;
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water.
To raise and support...
Defense Primer: President’s Constitutional Authority with Regard to the Armed Forces
Article II, Section 2, Clause 1
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of th...