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Inadvertent Implications Of The War Powers Resolution, Michael A. Newton
Inadvertent Implications Of The War Powers Resolution, Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
The constitutional infirmity of the War Powers Resolution has been uniformly demonstrated by more than four decades of bipartisan experience. The Resolution manifestly fails to eliminate the healthy interbranch tensions that are in our constitutional DNA with respect to military deployments. In its context, the override of President Nixon's veto represented little more than a stark act of congressional opportunism. The President's veto message was prescient in warning that the Resolution is dangerous to the best interests of our Nation. This article suggests that the act represents an attempted abdication of the enumerated obligation of Congress to oversee military operations …
Ucmj--Does It Work? Evaluation At The Field Level, 18 Months Experience, Chester Ward
Ucmj--Does It Work? Evaluation At The Field Level, 18 Months Experience, Chester Ward
Vanderbilt Law Review
Combat area experience of Naval units applying UCMJ in the Korean theatre is now available for appraisal. To foreshadow effects of the new code upon administration of Naval Justice under conditions of another world war, the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, directed an on-the-spot survey of the impact of the Code upon all types of naval vessels in the Japan-Korea area. Included were nearly 100 ships, consisting of 9 large combat types, 38 destroyers or destroyer-escorts, 2 submarines, 22 transport and amphibious type and 12 mine-sweepers. The reactions to UCMJ produced through this CINCPACFLT survey are predominantly and primarily those of …