Re: Fujitsu cobol debugging

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:31:41 -0500, "HeyBub" <heybub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

To translate this into common-speak, the president can order the armies to
march to and fro and kill anybody they meet. This power is absolute and
cannot be gainsaid by the Congress or the courts.

But, one can't call it a "war" unless the Congress has so blessed the
action.

Do you believe that was the intention of the founders such as Madison?

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison
.

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