Who Can Declare a War According to the Constitution?

The President of the United States can declare war if he thinks it is in the best interest of protecting our country or others. Even though the Constitution says the Congress is who decides if we go to war, the President can override them in an extreme emergency.

You would have read the Constitution the right way in order to determine this. There have been members of Congress, the Senate and private members who have filed law suits because they believed that presidents have overstepped their boundaries by going to war without an act of Congress.

The Constitution does give Congress to declare war in advance of pending hostilities, but in emergency situations, the Commander in Chief, the President of the United States can go to war in a second if he feels there is imminent danger and time will not permit him to wait on an act of Congress. Congress, can declare their agreement to this war after the fact. The congress can vote on impending declaration of war, and declare it in the face of impending hostilities.

Even though the President does have this power, and surely wants the Congress to back him, even if it is after the fact, the Congress can deny federal funding for the war if they determine they are not in agreement with the President. This has never happened in any presidency. We elect our presidents on the basis of their ability to make good and sound judgments when it comes to the safety of our country. There are alternatives to removing a president if the nation decides he is unfit to run our country.