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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Executive branch is way too powerful. I don’t care whose president
Really? Obama is gone guys. All the excuses are gone too. Both Houses of Congress are now Republican(since November 2014), Supreme Court Republican control for last 8 years, next President Republican guaranteeing a super majority (7 out of 9 Supreme Court Justices, first time in history). No more liberals to blame. How are they going to explain to the American People why Roe vs Wade is not reversed, IRS is not closed, no passage of “flat” tax, & no repeal of Obama Care etc. It will be entertaining. The dog just caught the car.
Evidence of his not upholding his oath to office … Hold him accountable .
Tougher against America than anyone else
Doubt if he/they would want to unleash 50 million armed angry citizens.
Mitch McConnell is insane!!
Clinton and bush sold America out to the u n
It means everyone for themselves
Ken, you are correct. The seemingly evasive cause of these blind people is explained totally in 2 Thessalonians 2: 10-12. “Hell bent” ? You nailed it. After watching potus swear in on the koran, and watching the dismantling of our Constitution, the spiritually deluded elected him for a second term. They would gladly have him for a third…or hillary, which is a clone of current with a brain added.
He only has that because the weak kneed members of congress were afraid to stop him.