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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Matt Saraceno…you will be some of the first imprisoned…do you not realize ISLAM ALLOWS NO HOMOSEXUALITY!!!!
I still say that before elections he will make something happen where he declares martial law and gets to stay in office. I’ve been saying this for 3 years now….. Open your eyes people stop sleeping and drinking the kool aid
YES, A DEMOCRAT.
Jane Patterson Nice speech! I respect your attitude and admit that most Americans feel the same way, but I’ll “bet my$#%&!@*and my seat in the house of the Lord” that our Military men and women will “throw down their weapons” before aiming them at fellow Americans! We should ALL stand up against the imposition of Martial Law to satisfy another whim of this “loose cannon- lame duck” potus! And, if we make a stand, he will leave the White House at the end of this 2nd term (if he is not removed sooner)!
WE CONTACTED SENATORS OVER AND OVER, THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE HE WOULD DO THIS, MAYBE THEY AGREE WITH HIS TAKEOVER…IT’S TOO LATE. HE ALREADY HAS U.N. POLICE, HERE, WAITING…see list of, “Over 800 Refurbished Concentration Camps across U.S. are fenced and guarded.”
Any yet, not one TERRORIST OR ILLEGALS or INCARCERATED in them.
No one Person should have this kind of power!
Another Rat in the Hen House . Vote Trump for President Fan Club
oh i know.. but the govermnet has been prepaing for this for a long time.. I told people Back in 1990 about the FEMA camps, the Box cars with shackles and ther things.. It was always going to happen but he has put it on a fast track and maybe the People are now waking up to what he is doing
Don’t mess with the constitution. No body in Washington is smart enough to read it, much less change it.
ME TOO, JOHN, I’VE BERN CALLED A LUNATIC ON FB OVER AND OVER BUT HE “HAS” DONE IT AND HE “WILL” TAKE OUR GUNS, PEACEFULLY.
We are in SERIOUS danger in our neighborhoods from races….very serious.