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originally posted by: CRUSTY37
none taken, I was just trying to show how Obama gave Interpol higher authority over our own law inforcement. Why would that happen?
originally posted by: bbracken677
originally posted by: marg6043
No offense, but that is a load of crap. I just did my own research to see if that was true, and I only chose links that were legit.. not some tinfoil hat owned websites.
The law stands as it has for years with a couple of exceptions:
Well when it comes to politics and what politicians do in their term actually they do a whole bunch of crap
Now as for the information, thanks for doing the research and find out that is different, you don't have to be pushy to prove a point, posting the right information is the best way to do and for that I thank you.
More than 100 years since its enactment, the Posse Comitatus Act continues to guide everything the military does while operating in the homeland. “Basically, it means that you won’t have a posse of Department of Defense people going out and providing law enforcement,” Connors said. “That is not their role.”
Posse Comitatus does not limit the military’s role in military operations against external threats and in defense of the United States, Connors said. But it draws a clear line within U.S. borders, recognizing that law enforcement responsibility belongs to federal, state and local law enforcement, including the National Guard.
“This is important, because you want the military doing military operations,” Connors said. “It keeps defenders focused on defense, and security [experts] focused on security.”
Although initially written to prevent military forces from enforcing state laws, the Posse Comitatus Act has been extended by policy to prohibit direct military involvement in all law enforcement activity, Connors said.
But recognizing the military’s special capabilities, Congress has authorized specific exceptions in which military forces can be used domestically -- as long as they operate within strict compliance with the Constitution and U.S. laws, he said.
The Insurrection Act lets the president call troops into federal action inside the United States whenever "unlawful obstructions, combinations or assemblages — or rebellion against the authority of the United States — make it impracticable to enforce the laws" in any state.
The last time the Insurrection Act was invoked was in 1992 when it was requested by California Gov. Pete Wilson after the outbreak of race riots in Los Angeles. President George H.W. Bush dispatched about 4,000 soldiers and Marines
originally posted by: CRUSTY37
So, it IS totally possible for the president to order troops on the ground in a civil unrest situation in America. Bush did it in LA.