war power

noun

: the power to make war

specifically : an extraordinary power exercised usually by the executive branch of a government in the prosecution of a war

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The letter, sent Friday and also signed by Reps. André Carson (D-Ind.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and Summer Lee (D-Pa.), is part of an ongoing congressional debate over presidential war powers, sparked by the start of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza last year. —

Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024 With aid from conservative majorities on the Supreme Court, presidents reasserted broad claims of executive privilege, expanded war powers, and won immunity from prosecution. —

Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024 Reforming the president’s war powers promises to be a long slog and would by no means guarantee that the United States finds a greater measure of peace. —

Stephen Pomper, Foreign Affairs, 21 Sep. 2021 Reining in the executive branch’s unilateral war powers and requiring public deliberation over where and against whom the United States is waging war would be a good place to start. —

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