I wonder if there was some sort of reason the Founders routed the war power through Congress rather than the whim of one person. Probably not.

April 05, 2026 - 14:08 UTC

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Surely they just had failed to understand the decisiveness and efficiency of one-person decision making! Nor, for example, were they keen students of history where single rulers had plunged their countries into disaster! For 18th century Europe was a place of enlightenment and peace!
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It’s fair question
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It surely is not the case that at the moment they rebelled they were the subjects of a King who suffered long bouts of a serious mental illness! Providence would never have allowed such a thing.
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I just don't see how they could've imagined a flamboyant and eccentric self-involved "everything is whimsy" individual at the helm; it's like they predicted Trump. Remarkable.
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Flipped a coin, I think.
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Of course it is wise to have the ability to declare war an article I power but the lack of an enforcement mechanism other than the near impossible congressional impeachment and removal (requiring 2/3rds of the senate) is unfortunately the Achilles heel to the current implementation of it.
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Same with the spending power.

The Founders looked at England and realized it had all gone downhill since an inefficient Parliament had wrested the purse back from the dynamic Charles I.

They weren't going to let their new nation make the same mistake. That's why they'd revolted in the first place.
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As if we needed more proof the Constitution is fundamentally broken. Checks and balances are gone.
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Actually I think they spoke often of their intentions
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He’s writing satirically.
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Aye-yep. Probably never really gave that much thought.
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at this point the next congress can open with the declaration of independence and take it from there
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