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Saturday, September 25, 2021

The Power to Raise and Support an Army

When reading the Constitution, I was struck by Article 2 Section 8 Clause 12 which reads The Congress shall have Power "To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years." My initial thought would be that most of our defense spending is therefore unconstitutional. I found a paper that argues the exact same thing. Is this true?

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