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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Needs a vote by both Houses 2/3
If Obama attempt to do anything if Trump wins the election then our military and the law enforcement agencies will hang Obama from the white house gates on the outside to show everyone that he left the white house and committed suicide as the Clinton’s would say. It ain’t gonna happen
Constitution states we can overthrow a tyrannical government I would get ready if I were you just in case
Lord I can’t believe there are morons that believe this c**p
CAN’T HAPPEN HE CANNOT CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION!!!
Just don’t see how you just up and change the constitution think you are crazy.
Revolution!!!!!!
Got that right.
The constitution is as is .not to be rewritten by some corrupt pieces of sht….people arm up and lets fight back..
Our troops will not do this he is asking to be killed instead of being impeached.