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 had better think long and hard before declaring Marshall Law. The members of our armed forces who would follow order and members of law enforcement agencies who would also obey him would be greatly outnumbered. We will not sit back and allow Obama to become a dictator.
Vicki wrong word hundred percent of the house and senate !!!
I’ve said this for over a year. He will declare martial law, so there will be no election and he can stay in office.
But he’s got all his Muslim brothers wanting to take over the States so they would be crossing the border from Mexico!ISIS is already there and here too!
The Constitution cannot be changed by the congress or the president. It takes a majority of states. Any law that does not adhere to the constitution is not legal and therefore not a law.
Lock and load !
Not all would but there is a small percentage that are Muslims. They could and probably would follow his orders. Some of them are in key positions within the military. They could make sure that Obama’s sympathizers are the ones deployed here.
Cause it might stop the $$$s from falling in their pocket!
Get rid of the bastard
Think something might happen on voting day!