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Police State vs. Posse Comitatus. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
The Bush administration "has called on Congress to thoroughly review the law that 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," reported the July 21st Washington Post. The law in question is the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, which ended the federal occupation and military dictatorships imposed on Southern states in the wake of the Civil War. The Act's intent was to defend Americans against the prospect of a standing army of occupation -- a concern frequently expressed by the framers of the Constitution.
Ruling elites generally amass despotic powers amid agonies of professed reluctance, and homeland security adviser Tom Ridge followed that tradition when addressing the posse comitatus issue in a July 21st television interview. According ...
- Posse Comitatus keeps military from overstepping its bounds.
- Magazine article from: Insight on the News Andersen, Martin Edwin December 17, 2001 700+ words
...at a critical time. The Bush administration has announced plans to...Pentagon's command. The Posse Comitatus Act (Section 1385 of Title...political or partisan roles. Posse Comitatus and related laws and court...But don't mess with Posse Comitatus. MARTIN EDWIN ...
- Preserve Posse Comitatus.(George W. Bush military policy)
- Magazine article from: The Progressive November 1, 2005 700+ words
...authority today. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 prohibits...do so. But the Bush Administration has gone to new...for amending the Posse Comitatus Act. On October...s view that the Posse Comitatus Act "does not forbid...
- Modifying Posse Comitatus puts Americans in danger. (fair comment).(Posse...
- Magazine article from: Insight on the News Rossi, C.T. September 2, 2002 700+ words
...Ridge, recommend a repeal of the Posse Comitatus Act as a first measure toward fighting...polls--hence the advent of the Posse Comitatus Act. What the act essentially did...enforcement illegal. In a sense, the Posse Comitatus Act was a revolt against the federal...
- The Posse Comitatus Act: liberation from the lawyers.
- Magazine article from: Parameters Felicetti, Gary Luce, John September 22, 2004 700+ words
...of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws...than two years, or both." --Posse Comitatus Act (1) Much has been written about the Posse Comitatus Act. As a few others have noted...
- Posse Comitatus and nuclear terrorism.
- Magazine article from: Parameters Quillen, Chris March 22, 2002 700+ words
...response, the principles enshrined in Posse Comitatus and in the federalist system are...the well known but poorly understood Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. (2) Originally intended...counterterrorist operations. However, Posse Comitatus is not the absolute prohibition that...
- Posse Comitatus.(Letter to the Editor)
- Magazine article from: The New American Smith, Jeff Kingsbury, Bob January 23, 2006 700+ words
...Editor of December 12, 2005 that the Posse Comitatus law of 1878 was permanently overruled...Guard. While it may be true that Posse Comitatus has been overridden in the past...mistaken when he comments that the Posse Comitatus law has been rendered moot by the...
- Subjecting civilians to military power. (The Last Word).(creation of Office of...
- Magazine article from: The New American McManus, John F. May 20, 2002 700+ words
...from federal troop abuses and passed the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. ("Posse comitatus" means power of the county.) Only a...of the Army of the United States, as a posse comitatus, or otherwise, for the purpose of executing...
- War on terrorism will compel revisions to Posse Comitatus. (Viewpoint).
- Magazine article from: National Defense Kayyem, Juliette N. Roberts, Steven E. December 1, 2002 700+ words
...law--in American history: Posse Comitatus means "power of the county...recurrence, Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act in 1878. It restricts the armed forces from acting "as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the...
