Browse the Constitution Annotated

Article I 

Section 8

• Clause 11

• To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

  • ArtI.S8.C11.1 The War Power
    • ArtI.S8.C11.1.1 Source and Scope
      • ArtI.S8.C11.1.1.1  Three Theories
      • ArtI.S8.C11.1.1.2  An Inherent Power
      • ArtI.S8.C11.1.1.3  A Complexus of Granted Powers
    • ArtI.S8.C11.1.2  Declaration of War
  • ArtI.S8.C11.2 The Power to Raise and Maintain Armed Forces
    • ArtI.S8.C11.2.1  Purpose of Specific Grants
    • ArtI.S8.C11.2.2  Time Limit on Appropriations for the Army
    • ArtI.S8.C11.2.3  Conscription
    • ArtI.S8.C11.2.4  Care of the Armed Forces
    • ArtI.S8.C11.2.5  Trial and Punishment of Offenses: Servicemen, Civilian Employees, and Dependents
  • ArtI.S8.C11.3 War Legislation
    • ArtI.S8.C11.3.1  War Powers in Peacetime
    • ArtI.S8.C11.3.2  Delegation of Legislative Power in Wartime
  • ArtI.S8.C11.4 Constitutional Rights in Wartime
    • ArtI.S8.C11.4.1 Constitution and the Advance of the Flag
      • ArtI.S8.C11.4.1.1  Theater of Military Operations
      • ArtI.S8.C11.4.1.2  Enemy Country
      • ArtI.S8.C11.4.1.3  Enemy Property
      • ArtI.S8.C11.4.1.4  Prizes of War
    • ArtI.S8.C11.4.2 The Constitution at Home in Wartime
      • ArtI.S8.C11.4.2.1  Personal Liberty
      • ArtI.S8.C11.4.2.2  Enemy Aliens
      • ArtI.S8.C11.4.2.3  Eminent Domain
      • ArtI.S8.C11.4.2.4  Rent and Price Controls