Reprisal is the forcible taking of the property or persons of the subjects of another nation, in return for injuries done to the government granting the letters. Vessels carrying letters of marque and reprisal are called privateers.
(12) "To raise and support armies."
(13) "To provide and maintain a navy."
(14) "To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces."
(15) "To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrection and repel invasions."
(16) "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."
(17) "To exercise exclusive legislation" over the District of Columbia, "and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings."
(18) "To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof."
(19) "Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors" for President and Vice President of the United States, "and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall be the same throughout the United States."
(20) "Congress may, by law, provide for the case of removal, death, resignation, or inability of both the President and Vice President, declaring what officer shall then act as President."