[dirtboy]

Interesting, isn't it, that we'd managed to survive from 1787-1878 without a Posse Comitatus act? I wonder what was in place then.

A literal interpretation of the Constitution, perhaps?

[AmishDude]

A literal interpretation of the Constitution, perhaps?

My link in #118 will satisfy your curiousity. A literal interpretation of the Constitution permits a standing army to execute police powers, provided they are not quartered during peacetime. Now, that goes against almost 1000 years of Anglo-American tradition. Still, there were several instances where they were called in to do just that.