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During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of American politics, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges. This blog is on the open Internet, so post nothing that you would not want a potential employer to see. Syllabus: http://gov20h.blogspot.com/2023/08/draft-introduction-to-american-politics.html

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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