The process of authorizing the decision to go to war is reexamined in a new report by a bipartisan commission which generally concludes that Congress must be more assertive in exercising its constitutionally mandated role.
"Congress must perform its constitutional duty to reach a deliberate and transparent collective judgment about initiating the use of force abroad except when force is used for a limited range of defensive purposes."
See "Deciding to Use Force Abroad: War Powers in a System of Checks and Balances," The Constitution Project, June 29, 2005:
http://www.constitutionproject.org/wp/WarPowers_final.pdf
Relatedly, see "War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance" from the Congressional Research Service, updated May 24, 2005:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/IB81050.pdf
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