SCOTUS has never definitively ruled on the War Powers Act. They've left that up to Congress and the Executive Branch to argue about - and indirectly to the voters.
Not exactly the way the "Founding Fathers" envisioned it when they wrote the Constitution. But that's the problem. They didn't envision state-sponsored international terrorism, pre-emptive attacks like what happened on 12/7/41, missiles that could strike without warning, continuity of government issues, nuclear war, etc.
It's a section of the Constitution badly in need of revisions.
U.S. Constitution
Article I
Section 8: Powers of Congress
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To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
