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04-12-2011, 07:02 PM
The War Powers Resolution
Reproduced below is the War Power Resolution, the Resolution was based on the United Nations Treaty, and under the treaty, the armed forces, which does not include the Military, could be commanded by the U.N. There is no waiver in the Constitution to allow Congress to delegate its authority over the Military to the U.N.
In 1973, over President Richard Nixon’s veto, Congress passed the War Powers Resolution, (50 U.S.C. § 1541, et. seq.), in order to "fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such situations." 50 U.S.C. § 1541(a). The purpose of the resolution was to ensure that the "constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces." 50 U.S.C. § 1541(c).
The Selective Service Act
Executive Order 9139 Establishing the War Manpower Commission.
Establish policies and prescribe regulations governing all Federal programs relating to the recruitment, vocational training, and placement of workers to meet the needs of industry and agriculture.
Prescribe basic policies governing the filling of the Federal Government's requirements for manpower, excluding those of the military and naval forces, and issue such operating directives as may be necessary thereto.
The Department of War, the Department of the Navy, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Labor, the War Production Board, the Labor Production Division of the War Production Board, the Selective Service System, and the United States Civil Service Commission. The Selective Service System with respect to the use and classification of manpower needed for critical industrial, agricultural, and governmental employment.


The Selective Service, or the draft, had nothing to do with the Military, first utilized by President Lincoln;( 12 Stat. 731) it was a system to facilitate advancement in rank in construction divisions. or corporate government employees, In the event of a vacancy, lower rank employees could take a physical examination, upon passing the exam, they were promoted. The National Defense Act of 1916, used the term Armed Forces to refer to the various divisions of the Bureau of Insular Affairs. The draft was terminated after the end of the Viet Nam conflict, but the fraud is still in effect by registration requirements.
P.L. 80-759, Approved June 24, 1948 (62 Stat. 604)
Military Selective Service Act
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SECTION 1. [50 U.S.C. App. 451]
(a) This Act may be cited as the “Military Selective Service Act”.
(b) The Congress hereby declares that an adequate armed strength must be achieved and maintained to insure the security of this Nation.
(c) The Congress further declares that in a free society the obligations and privileges of serving in the armed forces and the reserve components thereof should be shared generally, in accordance with a system of selection which is fair and just, and which is consistent with the maintenance of an effective national economy.
(d) The Congress further declares, in accordance with our traditional military policy as expressed in the National Defense Act of 1916, as amended, that it is essential that the strength and organization of the National Guard, both Ground and Air, as an integral part of the first line defenses of this Nation, be at all times maintained and assured.
To this end, it is the intent of the Congress that whenever Congress shall determine that units and organizations are needed for the national security in excess of those of the Regular components of the Ground Forces and the Air Forces, and those in active service under this title, the National Guard of the United States, both Ground and Air, or such part thereof as may be necessary, together with such units of the Reserve components as are necessary for a balanced force, shall be ordered to active Federal service and continued therein so long as such necessity exists.
Sec. 12. [50 U.S.C. App. 462]
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(e) The President may require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to furnish to the Director, from records available to the Secretary, the following information with respect to individuals who are members of any group of individuals required by a proclamation of the President under section 3 to present themselves for and submit to registration under such section: name, date of birth, social security account number, and address. Information furnished to the Director by the Secretary under this subsection shall be used only for the purpose of the enforcement of this Act.
Where do these laws apply? In insular possessions of the United States, as evidenced at 48 U.S.C. § 1494b.
Sec. 1494b. Enforcement and administration in insular areas
The Secretary of the Interior shall formulate a plan, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretaries of Education and Health and Human Services to carry out the purposes of sections 1494 to 1494c of this title.

The Selective Service wsa for the Phillipine Islands
TITLE 10. —ARMY Chapter 19. —PHILIPPINE SCOUTS
Section 321. Organization. When in his opinion, the conditions in the Philippine Islands justify such action the President is authorized to enlist natives of these islands for service in the Army to be formed into such branches and tactical units as he may deem expedient, within the limit of strength prescribed by law, organized similarly to those of the Regular Army, the officers to be detailed from those author¬ized in section 482 of this title. (Feb. 2, 1901, c. 192,. § 36, 31 Stat. 770; June 3, 1916, c. 134, § 22a; June 4, 1920, c. 227, subchapter I, § 22, 41 Stat. 770.)