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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That is in Direct Violation of the 6th Amend of the U.S. Constitution.
This was Tried in Burns, OR and some of the Agents Gunned down an Unarmed Rancher… The Rest were Armed were Arrested.
Illegal this is America we still have the law
And all will be arrested
Are all Democrats idiots
You cannot rewrite the Constitution
Of course trying to rewrite the constitution is illegal. They won’t stop Obama, but if congress lets him do that would make everyone of them traitors and as guilty as he is. There will come a time when they will be held accountable.
No
I heard something about Cruz endorses that. But if it is waiting on the floor, every republican better vote no on that bill.
When the demorats are trying to stop this JACKASS, YOU GOT TO KNOW IT IS BAAAAD!!!