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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Stop the muslim POTUS to touch our Constitution.
Well, it’s official. Funny how Obama wasn’t so much interested in stopping Isis, but now he is pulling out the big guns to Stop them. Reality is that it was just a ploy to be able to declare MARSHAL LAW on Americans. If this doesn’t open up your eyes, nothing will.
How long is the Congress going to allow this traitor to remain in the Presidency. You have the responsibility to the American people to stop this buffoon before he totally destroys this great nation. So do the work that you were elected to do!!!!!
Our constitution gives the president zero power to write laws. Enough said.
And everyone thinks Trump is power hungry. Obama has done more to reduce or attempt ing to reduce rights and sovereignty than anyone in history.
No one man should have this much power
We The People allow it. Why?
House & Congress get off UR$#%&!@*and earn UR keep.
treason is what this is…
Government traitors