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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Then millions of armed Americans come out and take our country back by bullet! He will leave us no choice.
He declares martial law, he’ll be dead!
you knew that was comming thats all them rats have left
Martial law equals no law. He is counting on all,U.S. law biding citizens to obey. He is mistaken. Martial law declared by OBAMA equals no law……
Will be the last thing he ever does…
Putting martial law into effect will be the death of the feds
Never happen
Obama’s followers, that is what the problem is. Congress being bull shiters, theves, lies that they are fear the black support that Obama has. They are scared the blacks would riot and burn down the USA, and revolution in congress and America.
That’s where the failure is at. Jail Obama, let it happen, don’t change the Constitution for fear of black reprisal. This issue has all but destroyed this republic. The people are fully capable in dealing with any uprising, The Constitution is for we the people, we police our selves. No more power to the President, period.
This guy is a traitor to the American people. Does not belong in government!
Andy thanks for your service and as far as I’m concerned it hasn’t been for nothing I am 60 years old and I am willing to stand up and fight with every Patriot there is if we have to go against Congress and fight them….