War Powers Clause

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/War_Powers_Clause
GPTKB entity
Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy 1787
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Declare_War_Clause
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States_federal_government
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Federalist_Papers
Supreme Court cases
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label War Powers Clause
gptkbp:interpretedBy gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:limitsPowerOf gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Article_I,_Section_8,_Clause_11
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:powers gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:purpose to grant Congress the power to declare war
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:War_Powers_Resolution
gptkb:Commander_in_Chief_Clause
gptkbp:text The Congress shall have Power... To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._Constitution_Article_I,_Section_8_(Congressional_war_powers)
gptkb:United_States_Constitution,_Article_I,_Section_8
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6