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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Yeah tell china and russia that!
Lmao this funny
So earn your pay and stop this insanity!
“All laws that are repugnant to the Constitution are null and void. ”
Marbury v. Madison
No
Yes it needs to be stopped!!
Vote for America! Your vote really does matter.
Wifey & I were discussing Obammma’s move to martial law….nevermind the election; obammma jst stays president for another 6 years. what a deal !!
Sounds like Senator Warner is trying to use “scare “tactics” on the American people. Isn’t this a fine thing for a United States Senator to but I have news for this dud of a Senator, and that is “I ain’t buying it “and sincerely the good people of Virginia vote you out of office, come time for you reelection and if they do you can refer back to your comments to this issue and see why that is. You are a sorry sack of c**p for making this statement. Shame on you Warner. You are worthy to represent anyone.
WAR would not be in his plans to take over, but he would allow sitting in his new $150,000 home in Dubai…waiting to step back in…who knows his plans for certain. But we’ve learned to predict, expected “the worse” from him….”apologizing to Japan.”
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