What Would the Framers of the Constitution Think of the President's

question 9

Multiple Choice

What would the framers of the Constitution think of the president's ability to commit U.S.military forces abroad?

• A)They would have preferred that states have discretion over international deployments of state militia detachments.
• B)They would be happy,because the president is intended to have full discretion over foreign policy.
• C)They would be surprised,since the military is supposed to exercise its own judgment on national security issues.
• D)They would be surprised,since the Supreme Court is required to rule on the constitutionality of each military deployment before it occurs.
• E)They would be surprised,since Congress was assigned the power to declare war.

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