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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Lol
Bull
This needs to be over turned !
Throw the bum out!
F**k what’s written ,we’re ready to rumble!
Well I think there will some people who won’t agree to that. Lets wait and see. I agree We the people put you in Office and now we want it back.
Stop this
I am pretty damn sure that “We the People ” can get this traitorist bastard out of the white house……
Why don’t you arrest your congressman then
Well, excuse me, but how in hell does a piece of legislative action out of OUR Congress give Obama the power to declare INTERNATIONAL martial law…..martial law within the U.S., maybe….but international? Sounds like b******t to me!