COMMANDER IN CHIEF CLAUSE

Commander in Chief Clause. The clause of the U.S. Constitution appointing the President as supreme com-mander of the military. U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 1. [Cases: Armed Services 1, 4. C.J.S. Armed Services §§ 2–4, 11–12, 14, 16–19, 37.]