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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7.62 to forehead will end this s**t
fools vote them all ouit of office
Well he can try then the real reason for the 2nd amendant come in to play to stop overpowering from taking over this country 1776 we became independant 2016 the 2nd revolution will begin
Obama will be the first to feel the wrath of martial law. hahahahaha
Obama would become public enemy #1 and a bounty would be placed on him.
OOOOOOOHHHHHH… BULLSH**!!
Even if Obummer did declare ‘Martial Law’, he doesn’t have the manpower here in the United States to subjegate everyone! He’s such a showboaty communist a**wipe!! What-everrrrr!
Bring it on! Meanwhile, Barry will surely be playing golf, as usual!
I will be a revolutionary war not a Civil War . Just saying not trying to be a jerk
Republicans have house and Senate but can’t stop Obama? They don’t want to stop Obama, they are working on making themselves rich, they are not working to make things better for the people! It’s time to unseat 80% of house and senate
Amen