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The US has declared war a whopping 5 times: 1812, Mexico, Spain, WWI, WWII, though some of the latter contain multiple declarations against various countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_war_by_the_United_States
"Authorized by Congress" include the Barbary Wars, invading Russia, Vietnam, Gulf War, younger Bush's wars. UNSC wars start with Korea and include Bosnia and Libya.
And then "On at least 125 occasions, the President has acted without prior express military authorization from Congress." including Apache wars and the Philippine-American war.
I can see abstractly wanting to enforce "Congress has the power to declare war". OTOH, you're fighting pretty much all of US history, going back to 1798. Plus a lot of people will be fairly suspected of politically opportunistic constitutionalism, or double standards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_war_by_the_United_States
"Authorized by Congress" include the Barbary Wars, invading Russia, Vietnam, Gulf War, younger Bush's wars. UNSC wars start with Korea and include Bosnia and Libya.
And then "On at least 125 occasions, the President has acted without prior express military authorization from Congress." including Apache wars and the Philippine-American war.
I can see abstractly wanting to enforce "Congress has the power to declare war". OTOH, you're fighting pretty much all of US history, going back to 1798. Plus a lot of people will be fairly suspected of politically opportunistic constitutionalism, or double standards.