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ProgressiveProfessor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 06:01 PM
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3. Review the rest of Article 1, Section 8
http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_A1Sec8.html

Which says in part:

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions


The way I read it there is no requirement to have a standing army but one to have a navy. No specific weapons systems, but it should be a safe bet to assume the navy would need boats/ships.

There are also some interesting things said about militias there as well.

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  -If congress ended all funding for all defense programs, which actions would be unconstitutional? JoePhilly  Jan-17-11 05:20 PM   #0 
  - The war powers act of 1973 enacted by Congress covers...  Ozymanithrax   Jan-17-11 05:28 PM   #1 
  - I asked a specific question ...  JoePhilly   Jan-17-11 05:51 PM   #2 
     - congress can raise fund and cut those funds...it is all Constitutional.  Ozymanithrax   Jan-17-11 06:08 PM   #4 
        - Congress is derelict in its duty "To provide for . . . arming . . . the militia"  jody   Jan-17-11 06:25 PM   #6 
        - Agree ...  JoePhilly   Jan-17-11 07:24 PM   #12 
           - Ironically, there is a provision for the latter  NutmegYankee   Jan-17-11 08:19 PM   #14 
  - Review the rest of Article 1, Section 8  ProgressiveProfessor   Jan-17-11 06:01 PM   #3 
  - Those are powers, not requirements.  dems_rightnow   Jan-17-11 06:24 PM   #5 
  - What part of "To provide for . . . arming . . . the militia" don't you understand? n/t  jody   Jan-17-11 06:27 PM   #7 
  - At one point we had no Navy.  Igel   Jan-17-11 06:28 PM   #8 
  - That doesn't support your argument.  NutmegYankee   Jan-17-11 06:34 PM   #10 
  - This is the prior OP that led to my OP ...  JoePhilly   Jan-17-11 07:19 PM   #11 
  - It says "To provide and maintain a Navy".  NutmegYankee   Jan-17-11 06:31 PM   #9 
  - At a minimum we would need some sort of Navy and a militia.  Statistical   Jan-17-11 08:00 PM   #13 
 

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