Word: bushrod
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Paul J. Kilday did not think the Tonkin resolution constituted a declaration of war, but he did think that "abundant authority exists to make clear that a condition of war between states may exist without a formal declaration." For precedents, he began back in 1800 when Supreme Court Justice Bushrod Washington (nephew to George) held that some minor naval skirmishing between France and the U.S. amounted to a state...