War Power And The Executive Branch

War powers between the legislative and the executive branch is an important and complex issue in American national politics because there are multiple interpretations of what constitutes the appropriate relationship between the legislative and the executive branch in regard to war powers. Both Louis Fisher in his book, Presidential War Power and John Yoo in his book, The Power of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs After 9/11 focus on what is the appropriate sharing of war powers between the legislative and executive branch? Fisher and Yoo are both scholars in this area of study but have different opinions on what constitutes as sharing of war powers between the legislative and the executive branch. This paper will focus on