: re: The Escalation of Unauthorized Wars

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From: barry levine
Date: Fri, May 22, 2015 at 2:39 PM
Subject: re: The Escalation of Unauthorized Wars
To: "letters@nytimes.com"

To the Editor:

   In 1935, our Supreme Court established ("Schechter Poultry") that no branch of our Federal government can delegate any of its proper powers to another branch. Since, as you observe, it is "Congress’s constitutional responsibility to declare, authorize and allocate funds for wars", it follows that no Authorization for the Use of Military Force can be constitutional. The ball is in Congress' hands to declare war or not. Punting is not an option.

Barry Haskel Levine

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/opinion/the-escalation-of-unauthorized-wars.html?_r=0