Actually, the U.S.A. is technically still at war with the Seminoles down in Florida...
But you're right. Only the Congress has the power to declare war.
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Martin --
Do you happen to know the source publication for that article? I'm honestly curious.
Thanks, Martin! :chapeau
If you think that's bad, the 3rd Punic War lasted more than 2000 years. At the end of the war Carthage had been so utterly destroyed that either there was no one left to agree to a peace, or the Romans, having annexed the territory, felt no need to arrange a peace with a part of the world that was now subject to the Pax Romana. So the war wasn't formally ended until 1985 when Italy and Tunisia signed a treaty. :)
These kinda things exist all over the place, like this one "If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Certain Immoral Practices."
... What?!
Gotta love those Blue Laws!
There was a federal excise tax on Gold which was repealed just a few years ago.