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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Shame on you
IDIOTISM runs amok in Congress… read your history and NEVER underestimate the WILL OF THE PEOPLE ! We the People have just about HAD IT !
boy oh boy you dems just hate the constitution.
I have predicted this three years ago. Remember that the Justice Dept has power over abou 50 Police Depts , & HHS has 200,000 uniformed members with weapons, ammo, & equipment. Also Obama has declared the U.N. can enter the USA.
Someone better fix it people are sick of the dirty deeds people need to go to jail
Obama can’t write law
Catherine Marie Stout OB/Hillary have threatened/bribed/intimidated allot of the people in DC so now their afraid to speak out. They dont want to be on the Clinton Hit list.
Ken Kalasinski
It’s the dirt he’s got on everyone of them
To many Rep are eating out of his hand.
You and Obama can kiss our royal butt.