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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Has absolutely no power to declare international anything. Tries it here we can give him one helluva reason to regret trying.
they would impeach him if they had any balls
I certainly don’t think that little$#%&!@*would try something like this. We are on to him.
The Jackass doesn’t have the power unless we let him! We won’t!
Since June 16th 2015 Trump has had to fight his way through everything, media..ppl , groups and orgs…and even the GOP have been against him. His whole campaign has been on the defense!!! Could you imagine what his campaign would of been like if it was on the offence?? wow..powerful!! To give you a little perspective on the force hes been up against. George Soros…has 130+ groups plus different formats fighting 24/7 since Trump entered the race. So sad, just b/c Trump goes against Soros plan for America. Soros is for open borders like Europe..TPTA..Common-core and Obamacare. Just like Murdoch, Rove, Bush family, Cruz, Rubio, Kasich etc.. Plus we cant forget Agenda 21…if you dont know what this is..look it up…is very very important to understand. Vote Trump…he has no agenda like the others do. Trumps national poll numbers as of today are %49 of registered republican voters…now add the %20 cross over dems and %20 indy’s..Trumps true numbers that the media wont tell you is at %89 Nationally…that is why they wont tell you…they are blowing Reagan’s numbers out the window..and he will win in a landslide in the General election and crush Hillary Clinton…You have to remember in why the Senators and Congressmen dont want Trump…b/c their gravy train would be over. They make a killing off of lobbyists, special interest groups and donors…Think of it this way..for years theyre bringing home millions a year…then President Trump cleans up Washington and now theyre making their regular government salaries $80,000 a year. NOW DO YOU KNOW WHY THEY SAY “NEVER TRUMP”??!! ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY!!
And the people can declare war on them !
Actually, Obama does “not” have that right. As you, yourself write, it was the Senate that rewrote the constitution’s war powers act. The Senate does not have that power, so any power given by the senate to the president, if it contradicts the constitution is illegal.
“International Martial Law”?
Good grief….people are gullible.
You can point the finger at Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell for this c**p
The senate handed this power to an autocratic, narcissistic, muslim who thinks he is king!! Our congress is spineless to say the least!