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Global security and legal restraint: reconsidering war powers after September 11. Karl K. Schonberg.
Political Science Quarterly Spring 2004 v119 i1 p115(28)

Instructions: Locate this article by visiting http://www.infotrac-college.com and entering "global security legal restraint" as Keyword search terms, and then answer the following questions.

1. What war powers did Congress grant to the president on September 14, 2001?



2. Why can these powers be considered overly broad? How did they decrease the war-declaring power of Congress?



3. What were Alberto Gonzales’ three reasons for making the case that President Bush did not need congressional authorization for the 2003 invasion of Iraq?



4. By what margins did the Congress approve the president’s Iraq war authorization in October 2002?



5. What does the author advocate regarding Congas’ war powers? Do you agree with his recommendations? Why or why not?



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