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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If we let him
It is totally treason
they can’t rewrite the constitution. let them try and give obama that kind of power and him try to use it. it won’t be pretty.
Sorry, nothing overrides that parchment.
We have How Many Veterans…who have already Lock n Load and Ready to Go, plus Our Military Now…None of them will Give Up their weapons, Not Gonna Happened. I can’t remember the site I was on last night, (oh it was something to do with Obama and Muslims) a lot of Veterans talking and getting Physic up!
NO PUT HIM IN IRONS
I hope you drop dead bigger !
Why would they give him the power ?
Read the book Throw Them All Out, Congress is just as corrupt.
Patricia Cimilluca………..Everything you’ve just said is true. How are we to fight these evil people?? I love my country and its citizens. Why can’t we, the citizenry file charges against ALL of them and have them arrested for TREASON AND TERRORISM!?? Can we even do that??!