A.1. Commander-in-Chief

The President is the Commander-in-Chief of all nationalized military forces in the United States. The office has the emergency power to immediately and actively engage the military in a defensive capacity to protect the People, territories, and vessels of the United States in instances of military, terrorist, or cyber attacks.

All other use of military force requires that the President either:

1. In cases requiring immediate and covert action in the interest of National Security, inform a Use of Force Advisory Council, made up of the Vice President, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense, plus one additional Senator and one additional Representative, chosen by total tenure in Congress, then age, then alphabetical order of surname, of the need and intention to take action. The assembled Advisory Council must assent, by a three-quarters majority, to the use of military force. The minutes and votes of the meeting are classified, but must be recorded and released in full, according to the transparency provisions of this Charter, at the appropriate time; or

2. Receive a fully executed Declaration of War from Congress.