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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4204267" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p>So which one do you honor ... the Constitution and Law or an oath?</p><p></p><p>The <strong>Posse Comitatus Act</strong> is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes. The purpose of the act – in concert with the Insurrection Act of 1807 – is to limit the powers of the federal government in using federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.</p><p>The act specifically applies only to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" target="_blank">United States Army</a> and, as amended in 1956, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" target="_blank">United States Air Force</a>. Although the act does not explicitly mention the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" target="_blank">United States Navy</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" target="_blank">United States Marine Corps</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_the_Navy" target="_blank">Department of the Navy</a> has prescribed regulations that are generally construed to give the act force with respect to those services as well. </p><p></p><p>The act does not prevent the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_National_Guard" target="_blank">Army National Guard</a> or the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_National_Guard" target="_blank">Air</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">National Guard</a> under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state" target="_blank"><strong>state</strong></a> authority from acting in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement" target="_blank">law enforcement</a> capacity within its home state or in an adjacent state if invited by that state's governor. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" target="_blank">United States Coast Guard</a>, which operates under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security" target="_blank">Department of Homeland Security</a>, is not covered by the Posse Comitatus Act either, primarily because although the Coast Guard is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">armed service</a>, it also has both a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_law" target="_blank">maritime law</a> enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency mission.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4204267, member: 18222"] So which one do you honor ... the Constitution and Law or an oath? The [B]Posse Comitatus Act[/B] is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes. The purpose of the act – in concert with the Insurrection Act of 1807 – is to limit the powers of the federal government in using federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States. The act specifically applies only to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army']United States Army[/URL] and, as amended in 1956, the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force']United States Air Force[/URL]. Although the act does not explicitly mention the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy']United States Navy[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps']United States Marine Corps[/URL], the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_the_Navy']Department of the Navy[/URL] has prescribed regulations that are generally construed to give the act force with respect to those services as well. The act does not prevent the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_National_Guard']Army National Guard[/URL] or the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_National_Guard']Air[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United_States']National Guard[/URL] under [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state'][B]state[/B][/URL] authority from acting in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement']law enforcement[/URL] capacity within its home state or in an adjacent state if invited by that state's governor. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard']United States Coast Guard[/URL], which operates under the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security']Department of Homeland Security[/URL], is not covered by the Posse Comitatus Act either, primarily because although the Coast Guard is an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces']armed service[/URL], it also has both a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_law']maritime law[/URL] enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency mission. [/QUOTE]
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