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To: Kozy

Posse Comitatus Act

The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C.§ 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878 by President Rutherford B. Hayes. The purpose of the act - in concert with the Insurrection Act of 1807 - is to limit the powers of the federal government in using federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.


44 posted on 01/22/2016 9:58:52 AM PST by Garvin (Age does not guarantee wisdom, and a college degree does not guarantee intelligence.)
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Protect the American citizen from an invasion of criminals outside the USA seems to be within that law.


46 posted on 01/22/2016 10:28:30 AM PST by Kozy
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