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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Can’t be done without 2/3 of the states going along with it and by the looks of the last election mal that’s not going to happen
Maybe the start is supporting our police hillary telling them to run in hostile situation s what?
IF CONGRESS ALLOWS THIS TO HAPPEN, THEIR GOING DOWN LIKE HILLARY!
if the Constitution has changed,,, you traitors did it.
We’ll keep it the way it is. That’s why we were the place that people flocked to.
No way ! Our guns will win the way !
Everyone should watch FACING PUTIN and take note that Obama and his cronies are heading this country the same way as RUSSIA.
Well wake up buddy and do something about it!!!! That’s your job!!!
I will be voting against this jerk and his cohort Blumenthal. Vote them all out!
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