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To: Golden Eagle

“Another example is sending the US military to the southern border to enforce it. The Posse Comitatus law prevented Trump from doing it.”

That analysis is bunk. The Posse Comitatus act prevents the military from being used as police, under certain circumstances. Bush sent the military into Los Angles to stop the Rodney King riots. Guess you don’t remember. Trump sent in the national guard to stop riots himself. The military could be sent to the border to stop an invasion. Trump did not have to; he built a wall.

The Air Force One example is too absolutely stupid to comment on.

The president has the Constitutional authority to de-classify top secret documents. He does not have to get permission from anyone, under the powers ganted to the presidency by the Constitution. De-classifying documents is established law; the president alone has that power. And no individual in an agency has the power to prevent him from doing so, or to jump through hoops to accomplish it.


165 posted on 06/15/2023 10:15:33 AM PDT by odawg
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To: odawg
The Posse Comitatus act prevents the military from being used as police, under certain circumstances. Bush sent the military into Los Angles to stop the Rodney King riots. Guess you don’t remember.

Bush had to invoke the Insurrection Act, a different law, in order to be able to do so. Once again, even Presidents have to adhere to the law.

Trump sent in the national guard to stop riots himself.

The National Guard’s mission is domestic emergencies, unlike the US military. Apparently this is beyond your understanding of the differences.

The military could be sent to the border to stop an invasion.

Only if a National Emergency or Insurrection Act is invoked. That is the law, that even Presidents MUST follow.

Trump did not have to; he built a wall.

Now you’re just flagrantly abusing the truth for kicks. It’s why guys like you like Trump so much.

166 posted on 06/15/2023 10:25:11 AM PDT by Golden Eagle (Ultra Conservative)
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