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To: WhiskeyPapa
Rats; It's the Militia Act of 1792.

And it still doesn't apply!!

35 posted on 04/03/2002 10:46:15 AM PST by billbears
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To: billbears
Rats; It's the Militia Act of 1792.

And it still doesn't apply!!

Well, here's what it says:

"And it be further enacted, That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed or the execution thereof obstructed, in any state, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by this act, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia of such state to suppress such combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed. And if the militia of a state, where such combinations may happen, shall refuse, or be insufficient to suppress the same, it shall be lawful for the President, if the legislatures of the United States be not in session, to call forth and employ such numbers of the militia of any other state or states most convenient thereto, as may be necessary, and the use of militia, so to be called forth, may be continued, if necessary, until the expiration of thirty days after the commencement of the ensuing session."

The 1862 Supreme Court decision on the Prize Cases cites the Militia Axt as modified in 1795.

The Militia Act was passed at the request of President Washington.

Just saying it doesn't apply doesn't make it so.

You might want to consider an adult response.

Walt

48 posted on 04/03/2002 10:59:33 AM PST by WhiskeyPapa
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