Rep. Ron Paul (R.-Tex.) last week called on Congress to dust off a means of dealing with pirates written into the U.S. Constitution and last used during the War of 1812: letters of marque and reprisal, official warrants from the government empowering private citizens hired by the U.S. to keep international waters safe by seizing enemies and their vessels in return for private bounty money.
We heard it last week, the singing of "God Save the Queen." But did you know there is another verse to the British national anthem? It reads like a prayer because it is a prayer:
... contractors are authorized under the "Marque and Reprisal" section of our U.S. Constitution and...
Customary international law is the unwritten "law" of the international community that results from a general and consistent practice of states followed by them from a sense of legal obligation. Today's customary international law is the closest modern analogue of the eighteenth-century "law of nations." This article will use the term "customary international law" when discussing the present and recent past and the term "law of nations" when discussing the eighteenth-century Founding era. The central claim of this article is that the individual conception of the Law of Nations Clause is correct as far as it goes, but it is not the whole story. While the Clause was certainly intended to allow Congress to regulate domestically the conduct of individuals, and while Congress, the Supreme Co...
... be discussed below, raise a common constitutional issue-the proper interpretation of the Article I g... armies and navies, grant letters of marque and reprisal, institute commercial embargoes and o...
Everyone in America knows what gutter talk is. We were brought up hearing it. We tolerate it because it expresses our frustrated opinions and most were taught by their parents that it is inappropriate. Presently our movies and television are loaded with it. Our younger people feel it is appropriate because they were brought up hearing it. It can be heard loud and clear at sports events and in smoke-filled bars. You can bet your boots Donald Trump is aware of this and he is using it to get his message across to people at a time when they are frustrated and angry.
... contractors are authorized under the "Marque and Reprisal" section of our U.S. Constitution and...
... to the laws of the state, or the constitution of the state, or of the United States. The plainti...To grant letters of marque and reprisal, would lead directly to war; the powe...
For the second time this year, Americans can celebrate the elimination of another enemy of the state. Radical U.S.-born imam Anwar Al-Awlaki and other terrorists were blown up in Yemen by a drone last week, and the Obama administration deserves credit for taking seriously its responsibility to defend and protect this country. Support for the attack has come from all quarters, including qualified praise from the organized Muslim community: CAIR declared that a "voice of hate has been eliminated," while MPAC "rejects Al- Awlaki's increasingly irrelevant message of violence." (One wonders when his message was ever "relevant," but I digress.)
... have the State Department issue letters of marque and reprisal to deal with Somali pirates. This powwer, sanctioned by the U.S. Constitution, would allow individual bounty hunters to do the g...
...The U.S. Constitution provides that no state can grant letters of marque...
Constitutional Text as a Framework for Analysis. II. Original Understanding of the Declare War Clause. III.Contrary Evidence and Practical Responses
... power "to declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures o...
Absent from war-powers scholarship is an account of when war and military powers separate and when they overlap. Making arguments sounding in text, structure, and history, this article supplies such a theory. Numerous English statutes and practices help identify the meaning of the Constitution's war and military powers. Using early history as a guide, this article argues that the constitution grants Congress complete control over all war and military matters. Some authorities, such as the powers to declare war and establish a system of military justice, rest exclusively with Congress. Tempering Congress' ability to micromanage military operations are significant institutional and constitutional constraints that typically make it impossible for Congress to control military assets on a fa...
... Congress the power to issue letters of marque and reprisal unless one also wishes to deny such a...
In the wake of President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Congress is preparing for another showdown with the White House. But this time the dispute won't be over health care spending for children, instead the dispute has consequences for all Americans because it is over which branch of government is best suited to know which ground rules are needed for fighting the war on terror. The specific conflict is over proposed amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) but the broader issue is the distinct differences between the Congress and the President when it comes to national security. Undoubtedly Article I of the Constitution provides a robust role for Congress in these matters: Congress has the authority "to declare War, grant let...
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