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War Powers Reform: A Skeptical View, Matthew C. Waxman
War Powers Reform: A Skeptical View, Matthew C. Waxman
Faculty Scholarship
Debates about war powers focus too much on legal checks and on the President’s power to start wars. Congressional checks before and during crises work better than many reform-ists suppose, and there are ways to improve Congress’s political checking without substantial legal reform.
Taxing Combat, Samuel Kan
Taxing Combat, Samuel Kan
Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)
When you are being shot at or dodging landmines you are in a combat zone. Diplomatic niceties aside, these brave warriors are in danger because of the policies of their Government and we must take care of them. Quite frankly, we must act to insure that we do not have a repeat of what happened in Somalia. In Somalia, the families of the soldiers who lost their lives could not receive the benefits that should have gone to them under the Tax Code because the President never declared it a combat zone.
We don’t know exactly where we’re at in …
A Paper Tiger With Bite: A Defense Of The War Powers Resolution, Michael B. Weiner
A Paper Tiger With Bite: A Defense Of The War Powers Resolution, Michael B. Weiner
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The War Powers Resolution (WPR) has led a beleaguered existence. Since its enactment in 1973, it has been labeled ineffectual and useless. This Note proves, however, that to review presidential unilateral uses of force since 1973 is to find a spirit of compliance with the WPR, as these uses of force have been characterized by their brevity and their lack of spilled U.S.blood. While minor departures from the WPR's black-letter requirements are conceded, none of these uses of force have developed into, or even resembled, Vietnam-esque quagmires. As a result, this Note contends that the WPR has had a positive …
What Is It Good For? War Power, Judicial Review, And Constitutional Deliberation, J. Richard Broughton
What Is It Good For? War Power, Judicial Review, And Constitutional Deliberation, J. Richard Broughton
Oklahoma Law Review
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Checks And Balances In American Foreign Policy, John Sparkman
Checks And Balances In American Foreign Policy, John Sparkman
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Separation of Powers
The Congressional Veto: A Contemporary Response To Executive Encroachment On Legislative Prerogatives, James Abourezk
The Congressional Veto: A Contemporary Response To Executive Encroachment On Legislative Prerogatives, James Abourezk
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Separation of Powers