Do U.S. Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?
The New Yorker
by Jill LeporeMarch 3, 2026
Jill Lepore on how the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, from 1964, turned Congress’s power to declare war, as provided by the Constitution, into a legislative habit of looking away.
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Originally published on The New Yorker on 3/3/2026