"Because the marshals and their deputies were the only civilian police power available to the National Government during its first century, they became the veritable `handyman´ of Federal law enforcement. In addition to their significant duties to the Federal courts, the early marshals took the national census, arrested counterfeiters and moonshiners, and sealed the borders to prevent armed excursions abroad.
Roscoe is a bottomless well of ignorance and misinformation. -- He will probably now repost this bold portion of his misquote as 'proof' of his inate infallibility:Good call. You missed only in what Roscoe would misquote. In #82 he cites the current mission of the US Marshals Service (where it is, indeed, an agency of the Executive Branch) and completely ignores Demidog's citation of Ron Paul's complaint about the arming of the agents of an ever increasing number of other Executive Branch agencies, which, I think, is the whole point of this thread."Because the marshals and their deputies were the only civilian police power available to the National Government during its first century, they became the veritable `handyman´ of Federal law enforcement. In addition to their significant duties to the Federal courts, the early marshals took the national census, arrested counterfeiters and moonshiners, and sealed the borders to prevent armed excursions abroad
Roscoe - "Reading is fundamental"
It is. But comprehending what you read is kind of important, too.