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The article discusses the legal case of a U.S. citizen known as John Doe who has been indefinitely detained by the U.S. government for allegedly working for the military group ISIS in Syria. Topics include the use of the 2001 U.S. Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) as a legal justification for U.S. military involvement in various conflicts, the distinction between the military organizations Al Qaeda and ISIS, and actions by the organization American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of the U.S. citizen who was detained.

The article looks at the role of the U.S. Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in the 2013 exposure of the U.S. government's clandestine electronic surveillance of corporations and citizens. Topics include how many of the OLC's opinions violate constitutional principles, the OLC's views toward the president's war powers and the treatment of those who reveal state secrets, and the need for the public to hold the government accountable for its unwarranted surveillance activities.

The article presents commentary on various international and domestic U.S. politics as of the week of June 12, 1971. The political views and campaigning of Senator Hubert Humphrey are overviewed. New York Mayor John Lindsay's theories on federal-urban center relations and economics are discussed. President Richard Nixon's views on presidential authority in matters of war are reviewed.

Compares exercise of the war power of the United States president of Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson. Observation that Lincoln showed much less haste than that displayed by Wilson in calling Congress to his aid; Difference in that Wilson had to deal at the outset with a war against a foreign nation while Lincoln's task was assumed to be the dispersion of a gigantic mob; Arrest and imprisonment of citizens based on a mere administrative order.

Presents the author's account of how the invasion of Iraq was authorized by the United States Congress. Background on relations between the United Nations and Iraq; The threat from Saddam Hussein's dictatorship and its potential impact on the Middle East; Discussion of the draft resolution giving the President power to wage war; The issue of American military preemption; When the President decided to pursue military rather than diplomatic means of dealing with Iraq; How Congress warned the Bush administration about mistakes it was making; Impact of the Vietnam syndrome on public trust.

Presents letters to the editor on political issues published in this issue of the periodical. Reallocation by law of the war power, redefining responsibilities of the Congress; Reference to an article "Reconsideration," by Andrew M. Greelay; Information on Robert Coles' article "Mondale of Minnesota" providing an introduction to the Senate record of an extremely intelligent and compassionate man.

Reports that the emergency laws have been passed in West Germany, in order to control student revolts. Details of the emergency laws which authorizes the government to use the armed forces for police functions; Actions taken by the students against the press following the shooting of leftist student leader Rudi Dutschke, in Cologne, Frankfurt; Role of the students in rioting against increased transport fares; Assessment of the political activities of the German Socialist Students League.

Focuses on the national service system of Great Britain. Reference to the National Service Acts and the Emergency Powers Act in Great Britain; Information on the Essential Work Orders which made it illegal for any worker in a job scheduled as essential to be dismissed or to give up his job without the permission of the Ministry of Labor's representative; Attitude of the trade unions toward the Essential Work Orders.

Claims that Germany's refusal to reveal its peace terms was due to knowledge on Germany's part that to do so would consolidate belligerent and neutral opinion against them. Lack of preparation of the German government to renounce conquest; Accession of the U.S. to the ranks of Germany's enemies; Victory of Germany in splitting Belgium into two nations; Rejection of U.S. President Wilson's request for an announcement of German policy.

The article proposes that immediate declaration of war by the U.S. Congress against Germany and Italy is way to stop the conquest of Fascist and Nazis in Europe. The author stresses that it is very much needed for the country to ready itself and act now inorder not to suffer the same fate with that of France and Great Britain. He further contends that nothing more that war will save the whole nation from the imminent danger of invasion.

Reports that businessmen in the United States do not want the government to use the war as a pretext for introducing fiscal reforms and other innovations. Expediting the organization for war by an assurance that each new authority sought for the government is sought temporarily; England's solution to the problem of dealing with labor in a war situation by trying to forget that there is social conflict when mobilization started; Effects on war on various industries.

Explains that United States President George Bush said that American involvement in hostilities is not imminent when he sent troops to repel the Iraqi threat during the Persian Gulf War. Bush insisted on using the term "interdiction" instead of blockade because blockade in international law is associated with imminent hostilities; Aim to avoid the constraints of the War Powers Resolution; Congress needs to amend the resolution.

Reports on the failure of U.S. President Ronald Reagan to comply with the War Powers Resolution of 1973. Provisions of Section 4(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution; Role of the president after congressional authorization of the war; Reasons for designing the War Powers Resolution; Example of congressional inaction; Concern that a single individual should not be able to lead the nation precipitously into war.

Focuses on the debate in the U.S. Congress on the decision to invoke the War Powers Act over events in the Persian Gulf. Provision in the law which requires the president to consult with the Congress before or immediately after placing American troops into actual or imminent hostilities; Failure of U.S. President Ronald Reagan to follow this provision of the law; Infringement of the president's authority to make foreign policy under this law; Reference to the view of the conservative constitutional activists that the president's foreign policy powers are virtually dictatorial.

Analyzes the role of the U.S. Congress in foreign affairs and the use of military force in reference to the country's Persian Gulf policy. Approval of the War Powers Act by the Congress that forbids presidents to introduce armed forces into actual or "imminent" hostilities for more than 60 days without the explicit consent of the Congress; Proposal of President Ronald Reagan to place American flags on 11 Kuwaiti tankers and accompany them with naval convoys to keep oil flowing through the Persian Gulf; Approval of War Powers-esque resolutions by the House and the Senate requiring the secretary of defense to provide the Congress with classified and unclassified information about U.S. actions in the Gulf; Reservation of the Congress about the Persian Gulf policy.

Reports that U.S. President Jimmy Carter's administration clearly is contemplating the use of military force against Iran in the event the hostages are harmed. Public debate on wisdom of such action; Clarification of the ambiguity left by the Constitution on the locus of war-making power in the U.S. through the War Powers Resolution of 1973; Limitations on the unilateral use of force by the president according to the law passed by the U.S. Congress.

Focuses on the war-power bill of the U.S. constitution. Limitation on the power of the President to order the military action in the absence of a congressional declaration of war to four and only four static categories, by the passage of the bill; Provision for the periodic written reports from the President about the status and prospects of hostilities he has initiated, in the bill; Authority provided by the bill, to the Congress to terminate such hostilities by joint resolution or statute.

Reports on the approval of the bill to make rules governing the use of the armed forces of the U.S. in the absence of a declaration of war by the Congress, by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Provision in the bill to allow the President to act, as the Constitution intended him to do, in the event of an attack or of an imminent threat of attack against the U.S.; Confusion in the Congress about the division of war-making power between itself and the President.

Focuses on the war powers of the U.S. President both at home and abroad. Comparison of the constitution of the U.S. and Great Britain; Reports that the U.S. Congress is behaving as if its powers were those of the British Parliament; Claims that if Congress were the British Parliament the sort of thing it has been doing would soon force the Prime Minister to ask for a vote of confidence; Deadlocks between the President and Congress.

The article focuses on Soviet Union's dilemma as whether to start a war or to embrace peace. A top level exchange of intelligence between Washington and London indicates that a frightened Soviet Union will make a dramatic "peace bid" or tumble the world into war within six weeks. The report details Soviet fears of revolt within Cominform, obsolescence of military equipment and encirclement by superior forces. The article delineates that the Pentagon believes it possible that war might break out either in Germany or by an attack on Yugoslavia this fall.

The article discusses about the U.S president's power of sending troops abroad without consulting the U.S. Congress. There were some incidence when the U.S. president had sent troops to fight with pirates, landing of small naval contingents on barbarous or semi-barbarous coasts without Congressional consultation or approval. However, such episodes were small compared with U.S. president Harry S.Truman's claim of power to put an indefinite number of troops in Europe for an indefinite time in anticipation of war, without consulting U.S.Congress. But there were also some example which proves that president is truly royal prerogative in the field of foreign relations, and does so without indicating any correlative legal or constitutional control to which he is answerable.

Reports on political and social developments in the world. Debate in the U.S. Congress regarding the enactment of the War Powers Act for the Persian Gulf; Information on the strike of the National Football League; Nomination of judge Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court; Reference to drought conditions faced by people in Ethiopia; Challenge given by gay reporters to conventional AIDS thinking.

Discusses matters relevant to practical politics in the United States under President Bill Clinton. Clinton out of town on the day of a Gay March in Washington, D.C.; Constitutional role of Congress in deciding when the country should make war; Clinton's consultation with Congress about military intervention in the Balkans; Partnership between lobbyist Edward van Kloberg and former congressman Mervyn Dymally; Political correctness versus gay rights during the March; Disproportionately white gay male crowd; Ethnic speakers and performers; Evidence of discrimination during the March.

Focuses on U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's declaration of war on the Axis and his May 28, 1941 speech showing commitment to fight the Nazis. View that the Nazis can postpone the start of a shooting war with the United States as long as they keep out of the way of American patrol ships; Report that as the range of American patrol increases, the Germans will have no choice but to fight American naval forces; View that there is no alternative offered to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler; View that the President's speech was not definitive of war aims but sufficiently indicative for favorable contrast with Hitler's known objectives; Report that no lawyer, in or out of the government, can define with any degree of certainty the President's emergency powers although some of these powers have firm constitutional and statutory bases; View that the most disturbing statement in the President's address was his statement that machinery of defense must not be interrupted by disputes between capital and labor; Views of labor leaders on the President's speech.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles published in the previous issues. Reference to the editorial "Limit the War Power," previously published in the July 27, 1938 issue; Comments on the article "We Like Mr. Hughes," published in the July 20, 1938 issue; Announcement of the establishment of a publishing firm, Alliance Book Corp., in New York City.

Presents a letter to the editor in reference to an article on the importance of limiting the war power of the President, previously published in the July 27, 1938 issue.

Presents several letters to editor in response to article published in a previous issue of the journal "The New Republic." Discussion on European defense and economic development; Description about the anecdote of the Red blank clerk; Clarification on interpretation of the law and of the war powers.

Reports on the dismissal of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) by the U.S. Senate committee. Discovery of inefficiency and unlimited irresponsible authority among the JCS, found by the committee; Emergency war powers granted to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt by the Congress; Instructions by JCS to complete the Canol project in face of competition from the Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox; Determination of number and type of atomic bombs produced, the number of troops and their armaments in occupied areas by the JCS.

Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "The War Power of the President."