The U.S. Senate is looking likely to approve plans to give President Obama unlimited war powers that amount to declaring martial law upon the entire world. Majority leader Mitch McConnell’s war resolution allows for the use of military force (UAMF) for declaring war against ISIS, granting Obama more powers than Bush did after the 9/11 attacks, effectively making America a police state. Activistpost.com reports: The AUMF put forward by McConnell would not restrict the president’s use of ground troops, nor have any limits related to time or geography. Nor would it touch on the issue of what to do with the 2001 AUMF, which the Obama administration has used to attack ISIS despite that authorization’s instructions to use force against those who planned the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Considering what Bush and Obama did with the 2001 AUMF—invading and occupying countries in “pre-emptive” war, CIA black sites, extrajudicial killings, inventing the term “enemy combatants” to bypass international law, new forms of torture, drone bombing women and children, and assassinating U.S. citizens—the specter of a new and expanded AUMF is truly frightening. “This resolution is a total rewrite of the War Powers Clause in the U.S. Constitution,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn). “It [...]