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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What?????
You don’t have the authority to rewrite the consitution. The founders made sure of that only the state’s acanthus rewrite a consitution., and they can not rewrite the bill of rights. Only admendenment. So stop you scare tactics.
A resolution does not have the power of law. it is just a statement & has no legal authority.
TIME FOR CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.
Treason.
Bull$#%&!@*waste of are time you people are full of s**t
maybe he will get rid 0f all of you idiots whos let him get away ewith tearing this country apart and doing nothing about it
the rich elite are to blame for our corrupt government. if trump does not get elected president, then it is up to the american people to take back our government……………………
Vote these guy OUT… Democratic Senator Chris Murphy in response to the AUMF bill proposed by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The Sargent at arms will not arrest him. The one who needs to arrest the Sargent at arms will not do it either. This is a conundrum.