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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I’m ready to go after this government they don’t represent any of us. That’s what started a revolution if I remember correctly!!!
Vote them all out. Every last one of them.
F**k obama and his pen
No way. Remember in november.
This is a very dangerous move..We know Isis is in America brought here by Obama and he would use this as an excuse to deploy the military within the country imposing martial law.
Unfortunately that would be a huge mistake for Obama
Thau be war.
MORE bs!
He has committed so much treason and yet, nothing to stop Obama has been done. We, the people were betrayed not only by our President but also our representatives in Washington. When will the Retardicans in Washington stand up to him and stop him?
Then stop him, you are not there because you are handsome, far from that. Now start earning your wages.. You all took and swore an oath to protect OUR Constitution, start honoring that oath and your word. Congress better get behind you also. Election are coming up also for your positions too.