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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ROFLMAO
Did you also know the citizens of our country can declare martial law on our Government including the President and Vice President.
Bull$#%&!@*
Better get ready for martial law and forget about the election
Thank you for serving sir.
Stanford he brought the troops home and that created Isis that jv team that is coming to cut your head off, if there is a war I think we should round up people like u and turn you over to them you’ll cry like a baby
If you are talking to me Tom Grimes I served for you and our country.
Autumn Boucher with cunning and guile as required to win the fight. Most would refuse those criminal suppression orders from the White House. The force is lethal but small. The population is not small, and lethal. That would equalize out.
And…..21 Million Vets have THE power to overthrow the pos in the WH.
BS story