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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What an idiot! I would be embarrassed if he were from my state! He could be
conmmists there in deep sale out puppet
VETO!!
Congress can’t do c**p against this traitor they have it so far
We still have the constitution ,we judt dont have Americans in government to stand up and defend it .Obama can’t just change everything cause he dont like .
This is not right congress better not pass this
LIE you do not have the power to rewrite the constitution
The Constitution cannot be changed without the consent of Congress and then a 2/3 majority of the state’s by vote of the people!
No way.
NOBODY can RE-WRITE the CONSTITUTION…Americans will not have it……