To: MNJohnnie
They can be used in support of legal authorizes like DEA, Coast Guard, Border Patrol etc. What they cannot do is directly assume police powers inside the USA. Dead wrong -- See Post 52.
To: Edward.Fish
Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (Added Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 18(a), 70A Stat. 626; amended Pub. L. 8670, § 17(d), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 144; Pub. L. 103322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) Might want to actually read your own link.
182 posted on
04/03/2018 12:38:39 PM PDT by
MNJohnnie
("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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