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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The Illegal Executive order he signed with his phone annd a pen READ THE CONSTITUTION>
WELL < DO THE RIGHT THING !! "ABOLISH' HIS POWER TO "EXEC ANY ORDER DUE TO THIS INSANE "PUNK'S" OBSESSION OF ""PEN & PHONE"" ! ! !
It’s too late. The posse comitatas act was repealed a couple years ago. That is the act that prohibited the US Army from acting in a law enforcement capacity in this country. It’s gone, dead and buried by Obama. He is laying the groundwork for martial law being declared before the election and “postponing” it.
Vote Trump. Get rid of Chris.
B******T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
past time to hang him, he has broken are laws, and trying to kill us all
Who voted for such a law, not “We the people”. Vote Trump in and Stupid Senators out. Term limits folks, we need them to stop all this corruption.
What the hell?
I would like to know who is responsible for putting this act together? We have so many problems and some moron has time to try to destroy our country. This is why Obama wants us to march on Washington. If we do we have lost everything. He will declare Martial Law and bring in U N Military. Not U S Military because our military won’t shoot us. Then him or Hillary will be our dictator forever. Stand tall and Vote Trump. Time to take our country back.