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Posse Comitatus interpretation.(Letter to the Editor)
"Militarizing Law Enforcement?" (October 17 issue) criticized the proposed use of U.S. military law enforcement over civilians as a violation of the Posse Comitatus law of 1878.
But the precedent has already been set by the National Guard and by the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard has had law enforcement ...
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