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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Comin to ya like a old dusty road carrying a can of WOOPASS,.
Do people in Washington actually believe we are not prepared.
The increase that you have seen in trump viters this primary is only a few of americans that live there everyday life as if the$#%&!@*has already hit the fan.
I my self have not bought a single vegetable in 4 years.
And still called a newby.
It would nit be a pretty sight and one i hope never happens
Hell no impeach him now
Congress his enough$#%&!@*on him to do it
What a bad article the Senate has not and will not pass this bill….. and if it does it will not pass the house. This is f**e.
not happening
If Obama can do that then, he is the anti-christ because that is what has been prophesied that one would do in the endtimes; change laws!
Doubt this has any teeth. Can’t make changed without going through the amendment process.
Obama has been pushing one world order and trying to weaken America politically turning Americans against each other to justify his plan. Hillary, Kaine, Soros, and many others stand to gain much if they can create the coupe masked as security and safety of Americans.
This is too dangerous and a stupid thing to do . This must be stopped . Where are the Republicans .
Obama doesn’t make the laws,he just breaks them.