<P> For the United States , Article One , Section Eight of the Constitution says `` Congress shall have power to ... declare War '' . However , that passage provides no specific format for what form legislation must have in order to be considered a `` declaration of war '' nor does the Constitution itself use this term . In the courts , the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit , in Doe v. Bush , said : `` ( T ) he text of the October Resolution itself spells out justifications for a war and frames itself as an ' authorization ' of such a war . '' in effect saying an authorization suffices for declaration and what some may view as a formal Congressional `` Declaration of War '' was not required by the Constitution . </P>
<P> For the United States , Article One , Section Eight of the Constitution says `` Congress shall have power to ... declare War '' . However , that passage provides no specific format for what form legislation must have in order to be considered a `` declaration of war '' nor does the Constitution itself use this term . In the courts , the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit , in Doe v. Bush , said : `` ( T ) he text of the October Resolution itself spells out justifications for a war and frames itself as an ' authorization ' of such a war . '' in effect saying an authorization suffices for declaration and what some may view as a formal Congressional `` Declaration of War '' was not required by the Constitution . </P>
who has power to declare war in the united states
who has power to declare war in the united states
Congress
Congress