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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Absolute BS….
This guy is an$#%&!@* The Constitution has been good for 200 years. How come now everyone wants to change it ???
No! Of Not My Friend!. Obama Already Belongs! TO THE DEVIL JUST LIKE CLINTON, AND GEORGE SORRO!.
Don’t you dare!
and no one thinks that the leader of radical Muslims is in this Country?
This would never happen… It’s unconstitutional and our military would surely disobey an unlawful order even from the president of United States so let’s not get all up in arms about something that not going to happen…
idiot
Only God can save us. Thank you Rhinos in both parties.
and Obama is waiting for that moment to happen
Can you say b******t?