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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Not so fast , there is only one Constitution. Government moment have followed a f**e one for years to fullfil there damage to this country.
Lmao!good luck!
What a bunch of panty waist B******t!
WTF .?? Whats goinhg on ???
The Constitution trumps any law or resolution….. any law or resolution that goes against the constitution is deemed unconstitutional and is null and void. Nice try though.
I don’t think it can rewrite a consitution without approval of 3/4of the state’s approval that’s the checks and balances. No one has the power to give them selves power. Congress is supposed to protect the consitution and the people they suppose to serve. If the Senate did this then they would be treasonist.
OBAMA has destroyed this country and the congress and senate did NOTHING to stop him !
The congress and Senate are just as corrupt as Obama. All his cabinet members are his puppets and he has screwed over the American people.
People did not take a oath to defend the President. They took the oath to support the Constitution. I think some may of forgotten this oath, unfortunately.
No you can’t rewrite the constitution