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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Steven Cloward already knew who first introduced it. Obama added to it a little so that it could be used on our own nation. Its even a democrat pointing out the danger of what Obama has done. So its the fault of a republican, but its a democrat warning you what Obama may do with it….couldn’t see that I’d bet, to focused on trying to rip on this party or that party.
WHERE’S THE AMERICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING OUR WHITEHOUSE AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
I pray not
You just gave USA a death sentence,destroying of USA and the blood of USA Citizens in now on your hands//Dear God,what have you evil people done//
Steven Cloward Trumps the only shot this country has so I will take it. Trump will stand up for the Constitution, Obama and Hillary will not, and have not, and we do not need anymore Anti American or lying criminal Racist in the White House !!!
So why doesn’t congress, senate, house of reps do something instead of sitting on their thumbs?
Don’t care who wrote it. I care that it gives Obama powers.
Do you realize you will loose your job and possibly your life is obumba gets this through
TOTAL B******T… WE’RE TAKING OUR COUNTRY BACK !!!!
This is stupid a resolution can not change the Constitution some of the stuff that comes from this page is just pure b******t you have to have a constitutional convention to change the Constitution in which you have to win 2/3 of the state’s votes to change anything it’s practically impossible to do