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January 14, 2011 06:24:20 PM

Name:

Economist

Favorite article/amendment.:

Article One, Section 8, clause 11

Why is it my favorite.:

Congress shall have [the] Power ... to grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal.

The power to declare War is against other nations. But against AlQaeda which is a non-state actor, Congress would authorise an act of Reprisal or Letter or Marque.

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