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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We need to declare this on him hundreds of millions of us can easily remove him this is why gun control is being pushed if they have the guns they are in control but we are and will stay armed!!!
Crazy
We’ve actually never been out of martial law since the civil war. Look it up.
Evan, your restrictions by your mother isn’t Martial Law.. She is just protecting your stupid$#%&!@*.
If the Senator is correct, this resolution would be a terrible idea!
Lynn Marie Jones You are obviously democrat with your retarded response. Do yourself justice and do a search on the current situation without democratic influenced media propaganda. Do the math of existing/projected refugee population and realize that we will be subject to Sharia law in 10 years if Hillary gets voted in. There are a lot of people passionale about the status of our country right now due to the treason commited on US citizens and rightfully so. You people sicken me with your childish responses to dismiss the truth of the US current situation, and will be the first ones dead hopefully when the$#%&!@*hits the fan soon.
change your format to fit cell phns..i cant read that small print…
no
We depend on our elected representatives to do their job and REPRESENT the American people. Do your job and protect the American citizens ANY forms of threat against us.
Yip. The military will not put any more of his c**p