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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Awake up DC Do we want to give the farm away
What is wrong with those idiots????
Not going to happen.
Stop Obama
Then Congress better get off their lazy a–es and put a stop to this now.
Like thats going to happen jack$#%&!@*
Trump will thump the Constitution violations
B******t screw that traitor pos lock him up
McConnel will be the first to die if any troops are on my streets and then the politicians that signed this commie bill. Plus any troops deployed.
If your son walked in on you while you were stepping out of the shower, would he be upset to see that his dad was a transgender.