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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That’s why he wants to take away
our guns so we can’t defend ourselves hope this doesn’t
happen.
Get ready for a Revolution, law abiding American’s can’t take anymore of this guy
No one will change anything. You are another one gone when Trump is in broke. Also
Not a problem US MILITARY will never put citizens in harms way
Since when did Obumo become leader of the world? I think there are some countries that may disagree with him and the communist UN. Not to mention millions of Americans who would rebel at the first attempt to implement Marshal law which would be a bogus attemp by obumo to stay in power and stop Trump from becoming POTUS!
EVERYBODY IN DC HAS DEATH WISH LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN SOON FOR THEM!LET GOD SORT THEM OUT!
This can’t be, we don’t need martial law all we need is Obama impeached and put in prison for treason.
This congress is as incompetent as obama.
This is the final straw — STOP this bill! It will be the end of our democracy!!!
You allowed it to happen