2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSome nut on FOX just said the military should perform domestic law enforcement.
Beside the fact that it is prohibited by the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 the lunatics who are willing to die to kill others will start taking shots at the military too!!!
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)Kent State?
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)If they don't stop screwing around on this GE, Obama may have to stick around for another term, which is another thing they don't want.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)Against the government.
TheBlackAdder
(28,202 posts).
That is where the national military is used to maintain sovereignty, and is seen as the "good cop," while the local police forces act as a form of secret police by detaining, torturing and executing people to promote some type of authoritarian agenda.
Developed when the Free Officers' movement overthrew King Faruk and led to the installation of Gamal Abdel Nassar.
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AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)But then, want domestic military enforcement??!?!! WTF is wrong with these people?
Lord Magus
(1,999 posts)RW "states rights" advocates were the ones who got that passed in order to prevent the military from being used to enforce the 14th & 15th Amendments in the ex-Confederacy.