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Claim
Congress has power to raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money for that use shall be for a longer term than two years
Arguments
If it is true that...
Congress has power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States
and
Congress has power to declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water
Then it must be true that...
Congress has power to raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money for that use shall be for a longer term than two years
Consequences
If it is true that...
Congress has power to raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money for that use shall be for a longer term than two years
and
Congress has power to provide and maintain a navy
and
Congress has power to make rules for the government and regulation of land and naval forces
and
Congress has power to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions
Then it must be true that...
No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing contracts; or grant any title of nobility