Quote:Why did they repeal the Posse Comitatus Act?
They didn't actually repeal it.They just kind of did an end-around in the National Defense Authorization Act in (I think) 2012. But that was mostly to authorize the indefinite detention of American citizens, on American soil, in the event that the powers that be determine said citizens are possible or actual terrorist threats. The question of using the military for domestic police purposes wasn't directly addressed.
But that part doesn't really matter anyway. Presidents at least since Lincoln have assumed that they had the executive power to use the armed forces for anything they darn well pleased, even inside the country. Remember the NYC draft riots during the Civil War? Most presidents have been pretty circumspect about using that power, but that can, and I for one, believe will, change as we stumble our way toward becoming a totalitarian state.
Nobody' going to
declare anything. They'll just issue the orders. And the military commanders will, for the most part obey. I'd like to think that the rank and file, at least a lot of them, might not. But I'm not real optimistic about that either.
Who is going to stop them ? You? Me? Our eunuch filled congress? The Supreme Court?
Good luck with that!
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