[OneWingedShark]

>There’s no reason to shed Posse Commitatus Act of 1878 unless you want a dictatorship

I disagree; the reason for the Posse Commitatus Act is to give a false sense of security. After all, the Constitution SPECIFICALLY enumerates this power:
(in Art I, Sec 8) — “To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;”

The real problem is that the law will not be executed UNIFORMLY; can you even *imagine* [say] the Supreme Court being arrested for violating the 18 USC 241/424 for declaring ObamaCare Constitutional? Or the BATF, DEA, and FBI for its involvement in Fast & Furious (unauthorized acts of war, state-supported terrorism)?

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/718/usc_sec_18_00000241——000-.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/718/usc_sec_18_00000242——000-.html

[A. Patriot]

I disagree; the reason for the Posse Commitatus Act is to give a false sense of security. After all, the Constitution SPECIFICALLY enumerates this power: (in Art I, Sec 8) — “To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;”

I don't think it's that simple. When the Consitution was written, there was no "standing army". The founders were against standing armies in times of peace. A permanent professional military is NOT the militia. It is a different creature. That is what the Possse Commitatus Act applied to IMHO.