From Marjorie Cohn, professor at San Diego’s Thomas Jefferson School of Law:
Although the proposed AUMF [Authorization of Military Force] contains some purported limitations, President Obama is essentially asking Congress to bless endless war against anyone he wants, wherever he wants.
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2015/02/12/just-say-no-to-the-aumf/
Nobody should be given that kind of power, and especially not the feckless idiot egomaniac currently inhabiting the White House.