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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you senator are a complete$#%&!@*,if you were my father ,i would disown you as a father and a human,you as a senator are to be working for the people,not obama—–you all need to re-read the oath you took to be a senator—all of you sicken me to no end—you are a disgrace to your country—when trump gets in i will request that you be one of the ones to go——traitor—–you all have an oath to this country,for the people,by the people–get it$#%&!@*–everyone who can vote this guy out in november,needs to take him out of office——he is no american…
Their biggest weapon is deception
P.o.s man.
Why are YOU letting him do this ?
how did so many dangerous people become leaders of our country..lie, cheat, steal and murder anyone in the way that’s how
It still has to pass the House. Don’t worry before you have to. Besides, I don’t think you can rewrite the Constitution without overwhelming support from both houses of congress. If that were to happen, there would surely be another revolution here in the U.S.
Fck that !
Why is he still in office anyway
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE PRESIDENT ALONE TO REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION< SPARE ME!!! WHATEVER HE WROTE WILL BE DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY THE SUPREME COURT!!! NO SINGLE RESOLUTION IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE CONSTITUTION!!!
drop dead democrat–dont touch the constitution –are you afraid of what will happen in November