War Powers Act 1973”
1. Why did Congress pass the War Powers Act of 1973? -
2. What power does the Constitution grant the president to declare war? The Congress? –
3. How does the Constitution define the relationship between the Congress and the president with regards to the power to declare war? -
4. Did the War Powers Act of 1973 support and/ or alter the separation of power and checks and balances between these two branches of government as it related to the power to declare war?