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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord
****He did vote against putting troops on the border....5 times....

You may want to look at what else was in those bills.

If they were ‘naked’ bills (no amendments), then there’s an issue. If not, Paul’s NO vote probably had nothing to do with the main part of the bill.****

He might have an issue dealing with “posse comitas ??) and sending the troops to the border. The American military is not supposed to be used to enforce domestic laws.

121 posted on 09/22/2007 10:42:58 AM PDT by jmeagan (Our last chance to change the direction of the country--Ron Paul)
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To: jmeagan; RasterMaster; George W. Bush; OrthodoxPresbyterian; JTN
He might have an issue dealing with “posse comitas ??) and sending the troops to the border. The American military is not supposed to be used to enforce domestic laws.

i don't know how Ron Paul would look at such a thing, and i don't presume to speak for him. But for myself, i'd be hard pressed to see border security as a strict civilian law enforcement matter. Therefore i am not certain that Posse Comitatus applies in this particular case. At any rate, Posse Comitatus, while derived from our history and experience, is not an explicit constitutional principle. It can probably be derived from the constitution. It can be and has been altered by congress in the history of it's existence. It could easily be altered again at need.

Bills are often misleading. Congresscritters often attach a bunch of garbage to them. This used to be particularly nasty with "civil rights" legislation. After all, who'd vote against civil rights, eh?

186 posted on 09/22/2007 9:32:15 PM PDT by Calvinist_Dark_Lord ((I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper))
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