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From The CATO Institute:
Cato Handbook for Policymakers: Reclaiming the War Power
No constitutional principle is more important than congressional control over the decision to go to war. In affairs of state, no more momentous decision can be made. For that reason, in a democratic republic, it is essential that that decision be made by the most broadly representative body: the legislature. As James Madison put it in 1793: ‘‘In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department. Beside the objection to such a mixture of heterogeneous powers, the trust and the temptation would be too great for any one man.’’
http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-10.pdf?utm_source=Cato+Institute+Emails&utm_campaign=2334ada5fe-Cato_Today&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=2334ada5fe&mc_eid=8d34db982a
Cato Handbook for Policymakers: Reclaiming the War Power
No constitutional principle is more important than congressional control over the decision to go to war. In affairs of state, no more momentous decision can be made. For that reason, in a democratic republic, it is essential that that decision be made by the most broadly representative body: the legislature. As James Madison put it in 1793: ‘‘In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department. Beside the objection to such a mixture of heterogeneous powers, the trust and the temptation would be too great for any one man.’’
http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-10.pdf?utm_source=Cato+Institute+Emails&utm_campaign=2334ada5fe-Cato_Today&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=2334ada5fe&mc_eid=8d34db982a
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