To: Tyche
Ummmm...ever heard of the Posse Comitatus Act? In a nutshell, this act bans the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines from participating in arrests, searches, seizure of evidence and other police-type activity on U.S. soil. The Coast Guard and National Guard troops under the control of state governors are excluded from the act. If you want the military (CG and NG) on the border, contact your Governor, don't bitch at Bush.
To: ravingnutter
Ummmm.... the Posse Comitatus Act is an Act of Congress and it can be repealed or modified by any other Act of Congress, if said Congress every got up the guts to take on the issue.
30 posted on
02/07/2006 10:59:44 AM PST by
Flavius Josephus
(Enemy Idealogies: Pacifism, Liberalism, and Feminism, Islamic Supremacism)
To: ravingnutter
If you want the military (CG and NG) on the border, contact your Governor, don't bitch at Bush. Look, there's obviously some gray areas here. But the borders are considered international boundaries, am I right? I don't think there'll be massive Army units rolling through city streets. All Bush has to do is expand the Border Patrol by allowing other federal law enforcement branches to join in, such as the ATF and maybe some Coast Guard personnell. Besides, if those who are so suddenly concerned about Constitutional rights worried about the Posse Comitatus Act, they can just as easily dispatch NG or state troopers to the borders and bill the feds.
To: ravingnutter
contact your Governor, don't bitch at Bush.Or Ray Nagin,if he's not busy ...
To: ravingnutter
What happened at Waco? Was the Posse Comitatus act violated?.
93 posted on
02/07/2006 2:45:43 PM PST by
seemoAR
To: ravingnutter
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