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Find what must be true based on what the passage or stimulus states.
Answers that are plausible or likely but not actually guaranteed by the text.
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It can be inferred from the passage that the War Powers Resolution of 1973 is applicable only in “the absence of a declaration of war” (first sentence of the final paragraph) because
Congress has enacted other laws
We never heard about any other laws that kick in when there's a declared war.
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by virtue of declaring war,
Why this is right
This is basically what we were predicting. Why would the President have to inform Congress about something they already know about? If it's a declared war, then Congress declared it!
Skill tested: Inference · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.
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the President generally receives broad
We're never given any reason to think that the public is usually quite supportive of declared wars. The public's support is never mentioned in the passage.
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Congress felt that the President
This goes agains the gist of the WPR, which is to avoid giving Presidents unlimited discretion over military conflict.
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the United States Constitution already
The opening paragraph says that the Constitution gives Congress the basic power to declare war, but does not mention anything about explicit reporting and consulting requirements of the President. It's the WPR that introduces those reporting and consulting requirements.
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