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The Politics of War Powers

The Theory and History of Presidential Unilateralism
  • Sarah Burns
2019
University Press of Kansas

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  • Rubble from a police station damaged in airstrikes on March 3, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.
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    Congress Once Fought to Limit a President’s War Powers

    At the end of the Vietnam War, Congress engaged in a breathtaking act of legislative assertion, affirming lawmakers’ power to declare war – not the president.
    by Sarah Burns via The Conversation on March 4, 2026
  • Presidents and various military personnel / armory photoshopped over each other
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    The Long Descent to Unilateralism

    The twentieth century saw America discard representative government when it comes to war.
    by Sarah Burns via Law & Liberty on September 1, 2025
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