1) The President is angry at another country's dictator (ruler) for executing 40 U.S. citizens, while they were
on a group vacation, for a crime they will not be specific about. They did not provide the U.S.citizens with a
trial, and the country's leader will only say that they were breaking the law and that he would do it again. The
U.S. Congress voted to send soldiers to this country to get rid of this dictator: Congress says that this
dictator has hurt his own citizens and now is attacking American citizens, which cannot be tolerated.
What power(s) is Congress using?
What line from the scenario supports your opinion?

Answer:

In this instance of Congress's power, Congress has the power under constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 12 states that Congress has the power to declare war and appropriate military funding, however their power of war is shared between the President.

Furthermore, according to the Scenario, "They did not provide the U.S. citizens with a trial, and the country's leader will only say that they were breaking the law and that he would do it again." Suggests the dictator has a strong disliking to Americans, which caused the civilians to be executed without even a hint of justice.

A similar real life scenario to this case would be in 2021. When China was reported to have detained 127 journalist (not all of are American) and later expelling them after Trump limited the amount Chinese immigrants into USA Borders.

Tundexi Tundexi · Answer 2 · 2022-05-26T11:55:45+02:00

The Congress is exercising the power to declare war as they voted to send soldiers to the country to get rid of the dictator.

What is the Congress power to declare war?

The power is vested on the Congress by Article I, Section 8 of the United State Constitution.

Therefore, the Constitution grants the Congress the sole power to declare war and not rely on Executive order.