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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Which is the stupidest thing they could have done!
I am beginning to think something is wrong with the real American’s, they just stand by and do nothing.
Ass, how about the amendments.
We have elected county Sheriffs that are more powerful in our county than the president.
Not to mention citizens with hunting license.
While you lazy asses sat there and watched. STAND UP BE A MAN AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!!!!
He gets away with it because the House and Senate are a bunch of WEAKLINGS.
Hey Senator, I would really REALLY counsel against doing this!!!!
WHY THE HELL IS CONGRESS AND SENATE ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN why don’t they stop this crazy person what is wrong with those idiots all of them should be in prison for treason and destroying Americas rights ITS TIME TO STOP THEM ITS TIME FOR A REVOLUTION
Oh no it just isn’t so b/c when people take an Oath in front of millions of people and wipe with that oath masses of people do not respect them nor should we. They are not our leaders, they chose foreigners advancement over ours and have betrayed us so their Oaths and every stroke of his Pen and every word into his FREE Obama phone is VOID..and those laws of the Universe go for his ‘Court’. They all are ‘bad people’ and ‘not on our side’.
what kind of crack are these people smoking? International Martial Law? These people have such mental disease and need to be locked up in the loony bin
Bad things happen because Good people…do NOTHING