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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Hey guys! The Senate cannot just hand this power to the POTUS. If it changes a part of the Constitution it must be ratified by the states. Therefore this story is a moot point
0bumer preparing to be King.
International Martial Law?? I call b******t!! Maybe in the US, but not globally. Who puts this$#%&!@*out there?????
And politicians really wonder why the people have turned on the establishment GOP, they are letting this BS continue. If he tried to institute martial law he would destroy both parties!!!
Where in the hell are the people we elected to represent US? Are they traitors, as well? This is unbelievable. God help us.
… now isn’t that odd .. here, I thought that the senate was there to curb any abuse of power by the president.
I guess that the senate is gutless … and my education was incorrect.
He can also be impeached too.
Where was this warning, where was the media coverage, when this bit of treason was under consideration Honorable Senator?
Congress do your JOB he doesnt have the power! he thinks he does but he doesnt!!
Just what are talking about willis