[Sybeck1]

Wasn’t Posse Comitatus waived back in 1993? 16 years this coming April?

[mosaicwolf]

It was waived for certain functions in support of the war on drugs not for routine police work. This article is bogus.

[Lucky9teen]

Public Law 109-364, or the "John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007" (H.R.5122) (2), which was signed by President Bush on October 17th, 2006

It allows the President to declare a "public emergency" and station troops anywhere in America and take control of state-based National Guard units without the consent of the governor or local authorities, in order to "suppress public disorder." It basically revised the Insurrection Act, a set of laws that limits the President's ability to deploy troops within the United States.

[chainsaw]

* National Guard units while under the authority of the governor of a state;

* Troops used under the order of the President of the United States pursuant to the Insurrection Act, as was the case during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.

* Under 18 U.S.C. § 831, the Attorney General may request that the Secretary of Defense provide emergency assistance if civilian law enforcement is inadequate to address certain types of threats involving the release of nuclear materials, such as potential use of a nuclear or radiological weapon. Such assistance may be by any personnel under the authority of the Department of Defense, provided such assistance does not adversely affect U.S. military preparedness.

[Gondring]

Back in 2006, President Bush signed Public Law 109-364, or the "John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007," (H.R.5122), which allows the President to declare a "public emergency" and station troops anywhere in America and take control of state-based National Guard units without the consent of the governor or local authorities, in order to "suppress public disorder."

It's my understanding that some or all of that provision has been repealed but I am uncertain about details.