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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And they’re doing such a fine job. Ensuring Obama can ursup the constitution. The military couldn’t recognize a domestic enemy if it slapped them in the face.
Fuckin lead all those assholes
B******T THIS WILL NEVER STAND UP. AMERICA WONT LET IT.
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Go ahead, bring it on if you want another civil war- the worst kind of war ever !!!!
You cannot rewrite the Constitution. Who cares what Obama wants to do. In other words you are all selling our country down the river. You are supposed to protect us citizens, but in fact you are doing alot of harm. Do not give him any power, he has done enough on his own.
Best would be to capture the entire text; mark up the best and worst sections; and pass those suggestions to your Senator.
If we do a good job, no such atrocity need be fought in the House.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/29/text
OLD PAY, YOUR DAY IS COMING!!
THIS IDIOT IS FULL OF$#%&!@*AND A LIAR OBAMA DOE S NOT HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE LAWS. HE HAD BETTER GET HIS$#%&!@*TO GETHER AND THINK ABOUT WHAT HE HAS SAID BOTH HOUSE AND CONGRESS HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS.HE HAS GOT TO BE STUPID TO SAY THIS OH HE IS A LIBERAL THIS IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM
CONGRESS…DO YOUR JOB !!!