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MLeake · November 25, 2012, 03:40 AM

Tom Servo, I didn't read the Forbes article, and I didn't look up the Insurrection Act.

I just want to point out that the law restricting military involvement in domestic law enforcement, resultant from resentment of Reconstruction, was "Posse Commitatus."

November 25, 2012, 03:40 AM	#10
MLeake Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Outside KC, MO Posts: 10,128	Tom Servo, I didn't read the Forbes article, and I didn't look up the Insurrection Act. I just want to point out that the law restricting military involvement in domestic law enforcement, resultant from resentment of Reconstruction, was "Posse Commitatus."