Republican (constitutionalist) President Jefferson signs the Commerce and Seamen Protection Act, enlarging the Navy of the united States, and authorizing the issuance of Letters of Marque and Reprisal to privately owned ships to make war against the Barbary pirates for raiding commerce in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Authority:
Article I, Section 8 [Clause 13]
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 59.
The Phony Arguments for Presidential War Powers | Tom Woods
www.tomwoods.com/warpowers/
War Powers – Declaration of War – Barbary Pirates
www.warpower.us/1802_barbarypirates.htm
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