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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Wow! They must be very concerned, that a Trump victory is very possible!
Why would congress do that knowing that’s what Obama wanted why do that I don’t agree with this because he won’t use it towards isis but he will use it towards the American people
0bama does NOT have the authority to change the Constitution period!
If these ignorant morons want to pull the same s*** the nazis tried, I imagine they’ll meet the same fate….
GET HIS$#%&!@*OUT OF DC
Any lawmaker who voted for this is guilty of treason.
Not gonna happen f¥€k stick. Americans are sick of big government. We are already on the brink of a 2nd revolution as it is. We kicked out a king once we will do it again
Oh please
DO WE HAVE CONGRESS?THEY ARE MONKEY.
The Constitution cannot be changed by a resolution, it must be amended. Any actions taken under the resolution would illegal.