Send in the Army. !
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Of course you can use the military in this extreme time
No, you really cant. Its an actual law.
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. It was passed as an amendment to an army appropriation bill following the end of
Yes, really trump and Quasar can... They just cannot do it legally. Do you think laws will stop them?
Quasar regularly calls for genocide... Which is also against the law.
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Not without a Congressional Act.
This is just another example of tRump "ginning up" bullshit hoping that his "butt monkeys" aren't smart enough to research. So far, he has been "spot on".
Yes. Because the Army can tell him "no".
Soldiers are not big on telling commanders "no", but we have a very good army, so they might. Or maybe we should say most "might". There will always be some who follow any order, no matter how unlawful.
Clearly trump is testing the water to see how much he can get away with. And that is scary.
jimmymccready
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Some of the Utah NG soldiers on the WH lawn are querying their commanders as to the lawfulness of Trump's orders.
I am in contact with a parent of one of them, and the story is that the soldiers are pissed.
They want to be covered by law if they have to shoot anybody.
I am in contact with a parent of one of them, and the story is that the soldiers are pissed.
They want to be covered by law if they have to shoot anybody.
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No hes not. Doesnt need to. Got tge Natl Guard and theyre well equiped.
The National Guard comes under the Posse Comitatus Act when federalized, so trump could not use the National Guard for policing, only the governors could... Except where trump acts as governor in DC. That is why only in DC is trump able to use soldiers to seize a church.
T. A. Gardner
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Well, if you know history and I do... The US Army in the past was a whole lot more vicious than it is today when it comes to dealing with a riot or protest.
In the Pullman general strike of 1894, the first nationwide labor strike in the US, the Army came in to restore peace. Their chosen method was bayonets, mounted cavalry with swords, rifle butts, and machineguns.
They treated the protesters / rioters as the enemy and crushed them the way they would in a war.
What about the "Bonus Army" in the 1920's? General MacArthur sent in tanks and machineguns on that one. General Patton was there too.
Of course, they are equal opportunity in dealing with protesters. Here they're tossing Sewell Avery, CEO of Montgomery Wards on the curb after physically hauling him from his office for not supporting the US war effort in WW 2...
In the Pullman general strike of 1894, the first nationwide labor strike in the US, the Army came in to restore peace. Their chosen method was bayonets, mounted cavalry with swords, rifle butts, and machineguns.
They treated the protesters / rioters as the enemy and crushed them the way they would in a war.
What about the "Bonus Army" in the 1920's? General MacArthur sent in tanks and machineguns on that one. General Patton was there too.
Of course, they are equal opportunity in dealing with protesters. Here they're tossing Sewell Avery, CEO of Montgomery Wards on the curb after physically hauling him from his office for not supporting the US war effort in WW 2...