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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Vote him out
Terry Tobias I really believe that he has most of congress scared because he has something on some, maybe all of them and are afraid to do the job their put there for. Dictators allot of times set up people before the actual downfall so that they cant stand up for themselves. Some may even be paid off to shut up…
It just never seems to stop does it? I wish we could have just one day in our loves these days where we aren’t assaulted with all kinds of info telling us that this man wants to destroy this country and us!! Oh Lord help us all!!
You are so correct. Unfortunately for most Americans we listened to a dishonest & corrupt media that purposefully did not report the truth about Obama and what his administration were doing to this country. I also do not think the GOP establishment in Washington were effective in informing the American people. George Soros & his elite cronies want to transform our constitutional republic into a socialist country run by a dictator. Soros’s puppets are Obama, Hillary, & Bill. Through his puppets, Soros has been influencing the destruction of our government. Many Americans have been awakened by this election & other events. Hopefully it is not to late to save our country
yes we can & we will take back our country from the muslims that are trying to take over
Gutless spineless Americans
That’s bc the senators like mcconnell has betrayed the dems and republican s and with all the greed would like to see Americans depopulated. He wants Marshall to put ppl in control. It’s so selfish and degrading for us to realize how they have betrayed us.
Can this be true?
How can Congress allow him to rewrite our laws, this is Treason.
Need to deport his ass