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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You can’t rewrite the constitution quit putting this$#%&!@*on facebook
He cant declare martial law over a war that he started
Not if he is impeached.
BS
This is what they’re after. ….
Who wrote the new law Obama he can go to hell I don’t think the army will shoot unarmed citizens what is he going to shoot them .himself ,no he will use his Muslim friends to do the dirty work he is too much of a coward.to do it himself.
This better not happen, if the government does not want a Revolution
This should not be passed. Our constitution should not be tampered with. It has worked well for our country since the beginning. We do not need Obama having this kind of control over our country that he hates. Stop this now.
you cannot change the Constitution by Resolution and the congress nows this if they vote for this they have no business in the government
They would only get the sheep. There are plenty of wolves in sheeps clothing.