Posted on 10/19/2024 5:30:35 AM PDT by george76
In anticipation of rioting or even a second civil war following the upcoming election, the Department of Defense (DoD) is preliminarily gutting the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 to allow for the U.S. military to execute law, i.e., martial law, on American soil.
As it was written, Posse Comitatus does not allow for any constitutional exceptions. The U.S. military is not supposed to be involved with law enforcement activities in any capacity whatsoever, and yet the Congress-passed bill has been so watered down over the past 50 years or so that armed soldiers could soon become commonplace on the streets of America.
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“The law allows only for express exceptions, and no part of the Constitution expressly empowers the president to use the military to execute the law,” explains the Brennan Center about how Posse Comitatus is supposed to work.
“This conclusion is consistent with the law’s legislative history, which suggests that its drafters chose to include the language about constitutional exceptions as part of a face-saving compromise, not because they believed any existed.”
Despite all this, the DoD has decided that there are constitutional exceptions of Posse Comitatus. And because nobody with any power is willing to do anything to stop the DoD, the militarization of America’s police forces will continue to expand like a frog boiling in a pot.
“The Department has long claimed that the Constitution implicitly gives military commanders ’emergency authority’ to unilaterally use federal troops ‘to quell large-scale, unexpected civil disturbances’ when doing so is ‘necessary’ and prior authorization by the president is impossible,” the Brennan Center further says.
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“In the past, the department also claimed an inherent constitutional power to use the military to protect federal property and functions when local governments could not or would not do so. The validity of these claimed authorities has never been tested in court.”
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No, the DoD cannot legally override Congress The DoD chipped away at what is arguably the last remaining power of Posse Comitatus with the recent implementation of Directive 5240.01, which appears to expand the power of the executive branch, in this case the Biden regime, to weaponize the U.S. military against American citizens.
Instead of only being allowed to deploy troops overseas to fight wars under the direction of Congress, the White House will now, it seems, be able to deploy troops to the streets of America to crack down on whatever nightmare is about to erupt as a result of the nation’s irreparable political divide.
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“Imagine waking up to discover that the U.S. military has quietly been granted the authority to assist in domestic law enforcement activities – including the use of lethal force against U.S. citizens in certain circumstances
Now consider that this change was enacted just weeks before an election, already surrounded by concerns about unrest, civil liberties, and potential government overreach. This is the reality of DoD Directive 5240.01, reissued on September 27, 2024.”
But Trump is the threat to Democracy. Uh huh. Projection anyone? What we are seeing is setting up for an actual coup by Harris and the Deep State.
And there we have it. If demons rats lose the election they plan to take the government by gun point, violence and murder.
Trump needs to talk about this and predict the future. Threat to Democracy? Fascist? Totalitarian? Explain to the people — before the election — what the Democrats intend to do — after the election.
Uh huuuuhhh...
That has ‘power grab’ written all over it!
If they go full conquest after losing the election they lose the country forever. It would fracture the military. They don’t have the manpower for occupation.
So Harris is planning a military coup if she loses?
This is being done so that when the Demonicrats don’t bother to (and can’t even) hide the deliberate and massive election fraud they will be committing in order to get enough votes to elect Kamalamadingdong, the DeepStaters will declare martial law and use the military to enforce it, and arrest Trump and his supporters.
This is not getting much coverage but it should be. This directive needs to be shouted for all to hear.
Right before this pivotal election. They are going to steal this election outright and you better sit back and take it or they will hurt you.
THAT is their plan.
“Projection anyone? “
I wish the projection concept would be retired. Projection refers to subconscious motives. What the democrats are doing is not projection, it is intentional lying or intentional evil. To say they are projecting allows them room for sincere motivations, and they have none. They are evil.
++++ yes people need to know this.
Shades of Venezuela and Brazil.
Exactly right. A rifle behind every blade of grass.
SO WHERE THE HELL WERE THEY when the Capital building was SO CALLED being attacked AND a SO CALLED insurrection was taking place?? We will SEE just what happens when the Dems are burning things down because Trump wins the election SCREW THE DOD, and ALL of government!!
The Patriot Act shredded Posse Comitatus. DoD is merely adjusting their policies from what has already been passed. R’s and D’s in their fear, took away protections on the Constitution long ago.
Venezuela
You can’t honestly believe the Constitution or any law is a deterrent to any government that wants to ride roughshod over either. All that’s needed to is invoke the Insurrection Act.
I mean, if they had a Churchill or a Lincoln in the wings ... it would STILL be criminal, but understandable! They will commit themselves, their collective legacies, their individual integrity to history for THIS shameless, corrupt and incompetent clown??????
The DNC and Liberals in America would cholse to shipwreck the best, most humane and successful political entity in the known universe on THIS rock????????????
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