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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We will come after you all Congress and Senators then you will kneel and begging to live
Sorry dopey dems, it can’t be rewritten on a whim but must be amended iaw the law set forth within it
We are too busy wanting to find out what the Kardashians are up to
No
Even if it did pass the senate,if it hasn’t passed the house,then it can’t become law.
How fucking stupid are you people? How does our constitution grant him International Martial Law? Sick of the Stupidity!
You can’t pick what is constitutional and what isn’t. If that is constitutional then Americans have the right to have GUNS.
On election day he will go one way or the other
Are they out of their minds in congress? These assholes don’t even care about our Constitution. They all need to go.
Carol Skelton very true! He has committed a great many illegal actions and continues to do so!