(December 18, 2013 at 3:09 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Unfortunately the War Powers Act gave the president the ability to (unofficially) declare war instead of waiting for Congress to do it. Whether or not that's Constitutional I'll leave up for debate, though the Constitution clearly spells out that only Congress can do so.
Well, on the one hand, Congress does have the authority to delegate it's power, else we wouldn't have all of those three-letter agencies the we all know and love (I'm looking at you, IRS). I don't recall there being any specifics about how Congress might go about delegating such power, *however* I think it's reasonable to think that there was never any intent to allow Congress to delegate it's power to the Executive Branch. I believe that falls under the same "open to debate" umbrella.
