1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated December 29, 2021Defense Primer: Presidents Constitutional Authority with Regard to the Armed ForcesArticle II, Section 2, Clause 1 The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, w
2、hen called into the actual Service of the United States. Commander in Chief The Constitution makes the President Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, but does not define exactly what powers he may exercise in that role. Nor does it explain the extent to which Congress, using its own constitutiona
3、l powers, may influence how the President commands the Armed Forces. Separation-of-powers debates arise with some frequency regarding the exercise of military powers. Early in the nations history, Alexander Hamilton wrote in The Federalist, No. 69, that the Commander in Chief power is “nothing more
4、than the supreme command and direction of the military and naval forces, as first general and admiral of the confederacy.” Concurring in that view in 1850, the Supreme Court in Fleming v. Page stated, “The Presidents duty and his power are purely military. As Commander in Chief, he is authorized to
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