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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No one has that authority
This is insanity! How can the Senate pass anything, doesn’t it take both houses to pass a bill? Mitch McConnell must know that if he does this it will be to his end. I hope people get out and vote these traitors out, they have all done enough damage to this country.
Kinda knew this could happen..He wants that third term
Lilly Welsh—Yes they have taken the oath. But who said it will be our military…O has his own ‘military’ trained and why do you think all those UN soldiers and equipment are here?? Why do you think ole Hillary signed all those documents at the UN when she was S of S??!! That was why ‘she’ was appointed S of S!
Mitch McConnell must GO!
Thankfully there are sheriff’s office out there who have said they will not aide by what he says!
May there be pigs blood on the bullet that kills him.
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Vicki Yates …. my thoughts exactly
WHY WERE THE PEOPLE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE AUTHORITY GRANTED. I DON’T THINK AUTHORITY CAN BE GRANTED TO AN ILLEGAL ALIEN TO INSTILL MARTIAL LAW.. IT IS NOT WITHIN HIS POWER UNDER OUR CONSTITUTION…