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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Cannot be true.
You cannot rewrite the Constitution! How stupid do you think we are? Revolutionary War 2.
i am sure its in obamas dreams but in reality it would be just a quick trip to federal prison if he tried
This absolutely Unacceptable
i truly do not think our soldiers would shoot their own country up for a no good worthless piece of c**p obummer
Ginger were going to clean the house thoroughly November 8th !!!
Another reason not to vote for Hillary
You will start a war that will change the geography of the world. We will not give up with out a fight to the death and it will be those were choose to have in our sites. First the heathen you brought here then the top to the bottom. No citizen will give up any freedom
No vote
No resolution can rewrite the constitution…