...resolution, the president must send a report to Congress within 48 hours whenever he introduces troops (1) into hostilities or into situations where imminent...hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances; (2) into the territory, airspace or waters of a foreign nation, while equipped for combat, except for...

...Commander-in-Chief; limitation The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into...hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3)...

...call for the President to consult "in every possible instance" with the Congress before introducing US armed forces into ^hostilities or into situations...hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances." In its general purpose, there is nothing wrong with this section or S. 5. it conforms to the new circumstances...

...requires the president to report to Congress within forty-eight hours of introducing United States forces "into hostilities or into situations where...hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances." Section 5(b) then provides: Within sixty calendar days after [such] a report is submitted or is required...

...collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of United Stales Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations...where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicateti by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such...

...in sending the American military into warlike situations. The act declared, among other provisions, "The President, in every possible instance, shall...hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances." This War Powers Act has been ignored again and again, by various presidents. President Ford invaded...

...until the commander-in-chief acts first. Thus, in the first case the commander-in-chief "consults] with Congress before introducing United States Armed...hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances" (§3; emphasis added). In this case Congress may either declare war in due form, or it may do nothing,...

...says. "In the absence of a declaration of war, in any case in which US armed forces are introduced into hostilities, or into situations where imminent...hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances" and now I am paraphrasing, the President must provide a report to the Congress. Now I am picking up again...

...deployed forces, did not exist at the time the Constitution was written. The resolution later states that: "The President in every possible instance shall consult...imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated ..." (50 USC §1542). Three specific questions concerning the above immediately come to mind. First,...

...that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into...involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances."32 Events leading up to the Gulf War illustrate the ineffectiveness of the War Powers...