Declare War Clause

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Commentary below is sourced from the Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII) mirror of the U.S. Constitution Annotated, used per LII's robots.txt with 10-second crawl-delay compliance.

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Declare War Clause

Overview of Declare War Clause
Declarations of War vs. Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF)
Legislative and Executive Branch Views on the Declare War Clause
Enemy Property and Congress's War Powers
Prizes of War and Congress's War Powers
Historical Background
Supreme Court Jurisprudence and Interbranch Practice

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