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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Obama has a lot to accomplish, with the little time he has left.
Congress is pathetic!
Cynthia Shannon Bouakadakis Again, spot on..Obama is an Islamic jihadest attempting to destroy America from within with the help of Liberal Lunatic Logic!
Cynthia Shannon Bouakadakis –
No more extraordinary powers to Obama!!!
So now Obama thinks he’s GOD…Never..
What??? Are you insane?
Unreal.
Been teelin’ ya’ll this since before the 1st time the$#%&!@*KING was ELECTED! IT’s illegal + HE NEEDS TO BE JAILED!
Let that$#%&!@*MOFO try to impose martial law
U cant re write it ! U a holes in Washington is running your own rules living Obama do whatever he wants to do