Publication Date

3-8-2024

Journal

Yale Law Journal Forum

Abstract

This Essay highlights two features of modern war powers that hide from public view decisions that take the country to war: the executive branch’s exploitation of interpretive ambiguity to defend unilateral presidential authority, and its dispersal of the power to use force to the outer limbs of the bureaucracy.

Volume

133

Issue

5

First Page

747

Last Page

775

Publisher

The Yale Law Journal Company, Inc.

Keywords

War, War Powers, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Executive Branch, Military Law and Justice

Disciplines

International Law | Law | Legal Education

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