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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How can this guy just rewrite the USA laws of our father’s and think that’s okay all you muslims in office think you can change any thing any time you want with out legal way of do it
Terrifying
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Dictatorship in the making! Vote Trump!
He ignores the constitution. Traitor
How is it that the Constitution has been changed? Who changed it, when was it changed and who thinks they have the power to change it all by themselves?
obama is insane enough to think he can declare martial law. This is his plan. Always has been
Surly someone is joking.
If I remember, 38 states would have to ratify any changes to the constitution.
F**k you’re resolution, it’s only valid if we let it.