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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You can’t rewrite constitution. We need to do something.
What’s wrong with our Senate.
Senator you should be recalled. No one should ever re-write our Constitution. You sir are an idiot….
Why can’t we get this traitor out of office?
The first shot has been fired yesterday in Oregon by the FBI so we are in a state of war so it’s time we take these bastards down !
Well its your job to stop him, you have let him try to destroy us for the last 7 years. We the people have no power but congress is supposed to DO SOMETHING
Treason, treason, treason. Mitch McConnell needs to be recalled by his constituents for failing his oath of office, and actions detrimental to the United States. Obama dropped the borders to allow ISIS in to the U.S. so he could get a turncoat to suggest unlimited power to someone who has shown no regard to protect the American people by oath of office. Treason!
END THE REIGN OF TERROR OF OBAMANATION.
obama needs in prison for all these killing and racial refugees he brought her
WHERE IS OUR SO CALLD CONGRESS. LET OBAMA DO ANY THING HE WANTS