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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Hey Obummer: This is what I think about your so-called: “Martial Law” idea:
THEN STOP HIM BEFORE HE DOES…. smh
Lol!!! It won’t happen…
Our troops have taken the oath to protect our country, do you really think they would follow him when the majority feel the same way about him that the rest of us do?!
revolution time???
Won’t happen.
He’s at subverting the laws, as usual.
Are you priming us for a future order this son of a black$#%&!@*is going to try in the next few months ? That is why he has tried to create riots and get them large enough to declare martial law to extend his term and take our guns.
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F**k all the TALK…NO ONE is afraid…DO IT!