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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That’s the plan…
Not$#%&!@*
Is this serious or is it bogus?
The MF is For Sure INSANE if He thinks he can do it and Live !!
You are on point just hope everyone is ready. These next few months will either be bad or normal.
They are but won’t let that happen watch what happens around election time
No resolution can rewrite the Constitution, only a Constitutional Convention can!
we wont stand for that
So who passed it??/ The last I saw or heard the Congress has to pass law. Not the president. Get to work guys don’t let t his man take your lives.
Would happen . There may be some military that would follow the orders but too many ex military would fight for our rights along with millions of citizens . It would start another civil war .