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“Does he [the president] possess the power of making war? That power is exclusively vested in Congress. . . . It is the exclusive province of Congress to change a state of peace into a state of war.”

Quote by William Paterson

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William Paterson

William Paterson, a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was born on December 24, 1745, and died on September 9, 1806. He served as a politician and legal scholar during the American Revolutionary War and played an active role in the drafting of the U.S. Constitution. more

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