Warmaking Flashcards

1
Q

Constitution is clear that ___ is the way to declare war

A

declaration

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2
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If ____ war President can decide

A

de facto

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3
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Maybe Pres can ____ but will never happen because can always find de facto war

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initiate war without declaration

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4
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Madison said wording of the Declaration Clause ___

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left Pres with power to repel sudden attacks

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5
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Problem with no declaration needed for defensive war

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at some point will go on the offensive, what is point of Declaration Clause

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6
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Pres can evade Declaration Clause by ___

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actions less than war (Korea was police power)

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7
Q

Maybe the value of declaring war is that the ___

A

laws of war kick in

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8
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Most scholars think ____ power to take nation into war

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Cong has

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9
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Some scholars say Declaration limited to __

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providing formal recognition for war (triggering national and international laws)

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10
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Some scholars think Pres has power to wage war and Cong has ___

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power to limit with power of the purse

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11
Q

Takeaway from Prize cases

A

Pres power to determine if de facto war exists

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12
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Prize Cases facts

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After attack Lincoln proclaimed blockade of Southern ports and if ships violate subject to seizure. Cong didn’t proclaim blockade or declare war on the Confederacy

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13
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Prize cases holding

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can do blockade without Congressional declaration of war

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14
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Prize cases reasoning

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(1) civil war never declared just becomes by accident (2) didn’t initiate war but bound to accept the challenge (3) under intl law war can exist without declaration (4) President oath to preserve and protect Consti (5) Congress acquiesced (6) Declare Clause omits de facto war

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15
Q

Seems like only need Congress if want to declare war against __

A

country doing nothing

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16
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Cong. can’t declare war on a state because __

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(1) domestic and Pres must TK (2) don’t want to acknowledge South as sovereign

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17
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There was _____ against Japan

A

explicit declaration of war

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18
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Cong. ____ against Vietnam

A

didn’t explicitly declare war

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19
Q

What was Lincoln’s preliminary emacipation

A

will free slaves if you don’t stop

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20
Q

Lincoln invoked ___ for preliminary emancipation

A

CiC

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21
Q

Preliminary emancipation wasn’t taking property because ___

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Prize Cases say enemy property can be seized without consent

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22
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Why does Ham think Cong couldn’t issue preliminary emancipation?

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Cong can only take for just comp, not seize in wartime

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23
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what was the order of retaliation

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for every union soldier killed or enslaved one rebel would be

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24
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Ham thinks order of retaliation may be __

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due process violation

25
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Lincoln justified order of retaliation through __

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duty of govt to protect its citizens (TK, CiC, Lawful Force)

26
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Lincoln also ___ suspended habeas corpus because ___

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uniltaterally, Cong. not in session and couldn’t be assembled quickly

27
Q

Hamdi facts

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US citizen accused of fighting for Taliban detained by Navy indefinitely without trial

28
Q

Hamdi applies __

A

the Mathews test

29
Q

Hamdi holding

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CiC can hold enemy combatants (including US citizens) but due process requires some form of hearing (informal military hearing)

30
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Thomas Hamdi decision

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decision within Fed Govt wartime powers

31
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Thomas Hamdi reasoning

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lack expertise to second guess, unitary exec critical for national security, exec broad powers against enemy in wartime

32
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Hamdi Scalia dissent 1

A

for among arms law is silent antithetical to ConstiHa

33
Q

Hamdi Scalia dissent 2

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entitled to habeas decree requiring his release unless (1) crim proceedings promptly brought or (2) congress suspend writ of habeas

34
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Hamdi Scalia dissent 3

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twists due process into hearing where citizen bears proof, testimony by hearsay rather than live witnesses, “neutral” military rather than judge/jury

35
Q

Way to detain people in time of crisis

A

adopt statute authorizing detention –> adopt statute suspending habeas corpus –> adopt indemnification statute

36
Q

It is clear that Cong can use funding to to achieve desires but less clear that they can __

A

order Pres in military affairs

37
Q

Korematsu facts

A

Japanese American man criminalized for remaining in “military are” excluding all Japanese American people

38
Q

Korematsu holding

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exclusion order valid –> military given power by Cong

39
Q

Standard used in Korematsu

A

strict scrutiny

40
Q

Korematsu was ___ by Trump v. Hawaii

A

repudiated

41
Q

Korematsu court said not because of ___ but because ___

A

race, military deemed it necessary

42
Q

____ is almost always met in times of war

A

compelling govt interest

43
Q

Korematsu Frankfurter concurrence

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sometimes what’s unlawful in peace is lawful in war, exercise of war power granted to Cong. for safeguarding national life

44
Q

Korematsu Roberts dissent says not like Hirabayashi because ___

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not about keeping people off streets at night OR temporary exclusion of him for his safety or community

45
Q

Roberts says Korematsu is a case where ___

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convicting citizen to punishment for not submitting to imprisonment

46
Q

Murphy dissent thinsk K should ___

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win under rational basis review, should be limits to military discretion especially when not martial law

47
Q

Murphy in Korematsu says no reasonable ___

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relation to an immediate, imminent public danger evident to support this racial restriction

48
Q

Korematsu Jackson dissent says this is a ___ not a ___

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military order, act of cong/exec order

49
Q

Jackson says that military decisions by nature ___

A

not susceptible of judicial appraisal but when one comes here shouldn’t uphold it

50
Q

Ham says Korematsu demonstrates the big problem of ___

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using balancing tests to ascertain rights

51
Q

Two step test for when conflict between individual rights and govt actions

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Where does it come from? Does it conflict with rights?

52
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Whether govt action conflicts with rights depends on ___

A

level of scrutiny one would apply

53
Q

What is strict scrutiny

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necessary to achieve compelling state interest + law narrowly tailored + use least restrictive means to achieve purpose

54
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What is intermediate scrutiny

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furthers important govt purpose by means substantially related to that purpose

55
Q

What is rational basis

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rationally related to legit govt interest whether real or hypothetical

56
Q

Under strict scrutiny, can obliterate rights whenever ___

A

public anxiety/compelling govt interest

57
Q

Ham says deference to military is like ___

A

deference to experts

58
Q

Ham says lots of ____ while balancing

A

room for bias to slip in

59
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