The Authorization for Use of Military Force passed by the Senate is a rewrite of the Constitution’s War Powers clause and grants the President broad authority to deploy ground troops almost everywhere in the world, including the United States. That’s the warning being voiced by Democratic Senator Chris Murphy in response to the AUMF bill proposed by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The bill would grant the president overwhelming control over where the US forces are deployed, which is scary for two reasons. The first is the obvious threat to American citizens’ rights. If the military can be sent to an American city based on loose justifications, they could be used to impose martial law and even empower a police state that has already grown too powerful.
The second reason is the plain call back to Manifest Destiny. Americans do not want to police the world. If the European Union is too busy handling the migrant crisis and Russia has finally come to terms with the harsh economic reality that their country is on the brink of collapse, it would leave the United States to ensure the sovereignty of all democratic nations. A solution that nobody would want.
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Let’s get the party started only way to get this mess cleaned up!!!
I think there is reason to not trust the government obviously but I don’t get the obsession with martial law. Do you really think our military is going to turn on their brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, etc? Honestly, this pisses me off!! If you believe that the men and women who volunteer their lives in the service to protect our freedoms are going to turn on us because some dipshit politician tells them to your idiots!!
With all if these changes he us making in his final months it makes me wonder what he is planning.
I foresee a middle of the night visit from the Feds.
Mitch McConnell is introducing a bill that would increase the power President Obama already has? Anyone interested in a bridge for sale?
BS
You all really should stop liking,and agreeing, with such,crazy stuff! Do you want the people you know,to realize your mentally ill?
Do you still think Mitch McConnell and the rest of the GOPee establishment (including Cruz) honor, understand and want to protect US constitution???
They all want an absolute global power!!!!
Btw…good luck enforcing your “martial law” in Russia, or China…Putin or Jinping will slap that moslem monkey, or whoever follows him with this ILLEGAL power grab, right upside the head with their$#%&!@*!! LMFAO!!!!
Do you still think Mitch McConnell and the rest of the GOPee establishment (including Cruz) honor, understand and want to protect US constitution???
They all want an absolute global power!!!!
Btw…good luck enforcing your “martial law” in Russia, or China…Putin or Jinping will slap that moslem monkey, or whoever follows him with this ILLEGAL power grab, right upside their head with the$#%&!@*!! LMFAO!!!!
Drug tests for everyone in the government. Starting with this$#%&!@*