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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Tell me what are you guys doing in . Washington . Nothing . Making money of of the Lobbie’s. .
Uh….NO…..plain and simple..
No, he does not have THAT authority, I don’t care who he thinks he is
Another clueless kool aid drinker….you completely sont get it Teresa Franklin
And Mitch Mcconnel need his walking papers too
Stop crying his time is almost done then you can cry when hillary takes over
I will never bow to this man as long as I’m alive. So this better be b******t or I’m betting I’m not alone in saying obama’s in deep$#%&!@*and as good as dead if he does any more
Wouldn’t surprise me…
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/29
Hey did you read this the senate majority leader is doing this not Obama Your republican leader is trying to pass this bill
I wish a$#%&!@*would