Posted on 10/29/2018 8:02:24 AM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
That idea is a non-starter. The very definition of the military is to be border security. I think that it's time to disband Border Security because, as a bureaucracy subject to Congressional and Judicial meddling, they have become corrupted and are failing to perform their intended purpose. It is time to put the responsibility of national defense back where it belongs with the Commander In Chief. It's a lot easier to vote out or impeach a treasonous president than it is Congress or the judiciary.
Good explanation, knew people would come along to refute this author’s premise.
In the past they were not allowed to stop anyone, sometimes an alien will surrender to them but all they can do is call a border agent. I dont know what they will be allowed to do this time round, maybe they will be allowed to stop someone.
One thing to remember is that in the past they have not had ammunition so stopping someone was a safety concern since they may encounter someone who was armed.
Agreed. Our troops can and will defend themselves.
Correct you are!
Now a leftist judge might attempt to prevent that by a treasonous ruling, but that’s a different matter.
Wouldn’t it be nice if they tried, got arrested by US Marines and tossed into Guantanamo?
THAT’S what I want for Christmas.
CNN asks ‘Who’s paying for it?’
CNN is that stupid? They don’t know who is paying for our military? Explains a lot about the intellect at CNN.
Exactly.
CNN must think that stopping this invasion is a “political move” akin to a political rally by our President.
They just are deranged and idiotic. Sick.
800 can easily take out 7,000.
The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878 by President Rutherford B. Hayes. The purpose of the act – in concert with the Insurrection Act of 1807 – is to limit the powers of the federal government in using federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States. It was passed as an amendment to an army appropriation bill following the end of Reconstruction and was subsequently updated in 1956 and 1981.
The act only specifically applies to the United States Army and, as amended in 1956, the United States Air Force. While the act does not explicitly mention the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps, the Department of the Navy has prescribed regulations that are generally construed to give the act force with respect to those services as well. The act does not apply to the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard under state authority from acting in a law enforcement capacity within its home state or in an adjacent state if invited by that state's governor. The United States Coast Guard, which operates under the Department of Homeland Security, is not covered by the Posse Comitatus Act either, primarily because although the Coast Guard is an armed service, it also has both a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency mission.
The title of the act comes from the legal concept of posse comitatus, the authority under which a county sheriff, or other law officer, conscripts any able-bodied man to assist him or her in keeping the peace.
Within that plain text is this;
"The act does not apply to the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard under state authority from acting in a law enforcement capacity within its home state or in an adjacent state if invited by that state's governor. The United States Coast Guard, which operates under the Department of Homeland Security, is not covered by the Posse Comitatus Act either, primarily because although the Coast Guard is an armed service, it also has both a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency mission.">
It seems to me the declaration of Martial Law is a good tactic to use.
I think that is going to happen with massive arrests and they will fill up the new 1000 cells at GITMO
...they can, in turn, play The Degüello so that it's constantly being played 24-hours per day ...
“I’m sure Random Hawaiian Judge will set us all straight. F these people.”
If Random Hawaiian Judge sticks his gavel in this mess it is time to chop it off.
Weeks away my aunt fanny. About 4 days ago, one group was 500 miles away from McAllen, TX.
“In the past they were not allowed to stop anyone”
And that is where our leadership failed.
Also doesn’t apply to border security, nor does it apply to preventing invasion.
We can only hope.
It has to be something like that or the hordes will continue to try to invade.
Oh BS. I am so tired of this. Posse Comitatus is an act to protect Amercan CITIZENS from the military enforcing laws. Posse Comitatus DOES NOT APPLY TO ALIENS CROSSING OUR INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH MEXICO.
You didn’t mention call in air strikes? I assume that is on the can’t list.
I assume so....and this article is not by me - just quoting what the writer said. Just sayin’.....
Yes.... I poorly chose the word “you”, even though I knew you weren’t the author. Sorry about that!
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