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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time to storm the white house & get these traitors out along with the muslims!
Try it!!!!
Walking dead goat humpers
this should never been allowed to happen – and we the people will turn on him there is going to be a bad situation in the US if this happens – he is a control freak, all about himself and has no respect for anyone but himself and to turn the military on US citizens not going to happen – he at the point will be no commander in chief
Obama is the worst president ever! Prosecute Hillary! Yay! The damn of electorate awareness of how flawed Hillary is and how much better Trump is has begun to happen! Trump is winning the vote all over America right this minute! Despite the skewed polls, despite the negative propaganda and innuendos against Trump and for Hillary in MSM, despite the establishment politicians that refuse to back Mr. Trump, and despite the CEOs of social media and Wall St that are all against Mr. Trump! Incredibly Mr. Trump has something that is more powerful than all afore mentioned forces arrayed against him and that is “We the American People” that want change and demand change and are VOTING FOR CHANGE! Mr. Trump is that change! On November 8th there will be gnashing of teeth heard throughout the highest levels of our government, businesses, and media when they discover that ‘We the People” overwhelmingly elected Mr. Trump as the 45th President of the United States and gave him majorities in both the House and Senate!! Trump = Change = MAGA!
I think any amendment or resolution that goes against the Constitution is not valid. These resolutions show that Obama is a traitor who has not obeyed his oath of office.
The Constitution declares that only Congress can make laws.
No one should have that much power! We need for things to go through our Congress.
The senator needs to immediately present a Bill to destroy the Resolution.
B******t