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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Please explain how does this not violate “The Posse Comitatus Act”? Yes I know the act deals with federal military forces. But even if these proposed units are not so designated as such it sure seems that is just what they will be in fact.

It is a bad idea though well intended.


4 posted on 08/26/2025 5:20:59 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: lastchance

Agree. It’s not a good idea. Let the cities rot. Sorry.


14 posted on 08/26/2025 6:46:03 PM PDT by madison10 (There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.)
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To: lastchance
Conditions for Domestic Deployment (Insurrection Act)

The Insurrection Act provides several scenarios where the president can deploy federal troops domestically:

Request by a State Official:

The president can deploy troops at the request of a state's governor or legislature to suppress an insurrection within that state.

Insurrection Against Federal Authority:

The president can deploy troops to suppress a rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States.

Enforcing Federal Law or Protecting Rights:

The president can deploy troops when federal laws are obstructed by unlawful combinations or conspiracies, preventing them from being enforced by ordinary means, or to protect civil rights when a state is unable or unwilling to do so.

Source--Google AI

16 posted on 08/26/2025 6:48:18 PM PDT by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union just to get a job loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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To: lastchance

Trump calls a national emergency and Posse Commitatus goes out the window.


22 posted on 08/26/2025 8:42:37 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: lastchance

When cities/states go rogue, and kit impairs the freedoms and safety of citizens - it is proper for the Federal government to bring them back into line with the laws of the land....


28 posted on 08/27/2025 5:37:07 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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