Scott S. Barker is a 1970 distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. After attending Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, where he earned a Master’s degree in Russian history, Barker served on active duty as a military intelligence officer, with tours of duty in Southeast Asia and the Pentagon. In 1978, he resigned his commission and entered Harvard Law School, from which he graduated, cum laude, in 1981. He has practiced as a civil trial lawyer in Denver for forty years and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Barker is also a student of the Constitution. He is the author of two books on presidential impeachment, Impeachment A Political Sword and The Impeachment Quagmire.
The Kings of War
How Our Modern Presidents Hijacked Congress's War-Making Powers and What To Do About It
by Scott S. Barker
The Kings of War
How Our Modern Presidents Hijacked Congress's War-Making Powers and What To Do About It
by Scott S. Barker
Published Mar 23, 2021
280 Pages
Genre: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions
Book Details
A Military Veteran’s Case for Restoring The War Powers Relationship Between Congress and The President To Its Constitutional Moorings
The framers of the Constitution rejected the English war-making system under which the king could commit his nation to war. Instead, they gave Congress the power to declare war. This book explores the modern presidency’s hijacking of that power and what should be done to return the war-making relationship between Congress and the President to its constitutional moorings.