Welp, whether the country goes to war or not is the authority of congress not the president. But since the Constitution is sidestepped and by-passed at every turn, most folks think that it is the president's call. He can only ask congress to side with him on the issue.
That is too much power in one mans hands. That is why it left up to congress to make that decision. Just as Roosevelt did on December 8th 1941 in his adress to congress that he asked that a state of war exists between the Unied States of America and the Empire of Japan.
Otherwise he would have been able to muster the troops without anyones input.
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A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.
-John Marshall Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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