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rampartc

(5,835 posts) Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:04 AM Dec 2020

this bill may have seemed necessary in the wake of 9/11, but so did the war. let us repeal this as well as the authorizations to use force.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/massie-gabbard-team-up-on-bill-to-repeal-the-patriot-act/ar-BB1bZaCs

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repeal the patriot act (Original Post) rampartc Dec 2020 OP

The AUMF is a good thing, gab13by13 Dec 2020 #1

the aumf is what gives the president power to go off. rampartc Dec 2020 #2

It wasn't even needed in the wake of 9/11. NT William769 Dec 2020 #4

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1. The AUMF is a good thing,

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:20 AM

Dec 2020

it is supposed to prevent the president from going off to war on his own without approval from Congress.

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2. the aumf is what gives the president power to go off.

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:26 AM

Dec 2020

it is the prior approval o0f congress.

all of these things need sunset provisions.

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3. That was the first thing Obama said he was going to do. Must be a lot of people want to keep it.

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 10:47 AM

Dec 2020

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4. It wasn't even needed in the wake of 9/11. NT

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 11:02 AM

Dec 2020