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.
Read more on page 2.
International martial law? You idiots will believe anything.
Explain how he got this power???
We already have term limits called elections. Don’t like them vote them out of office!!
This could be done, but it is as if lazy, blind, and a blanket of deception has Been cast upon a people.
Ha!
…because you morons allowed him to get that passed sonehow !!!
The stupid fucking republicans gave him this power along with the democrats…what the hell is wrong with them? they know he’s a loose cannon and will do anything to stay in power yet they do this…
Nonsense…
Just try it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE will be out with pitch forks You freaking don’t scare me we will pitch fork all of you in the$#%&!@*and throw you the hell out you are not a democrat you are a communist
How or why is this true?