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Don't forget the U.S. Constitution. Nor the millions of veterans who swore to uphold it. Nor the 1.3 million active duty military personnel who are also sworn
by Fjolsvith 7y ago
Don't forget the U.S. Constitution. Nor the millions of veterans who swore to uphold it. Nor the 1.3 million active duty military personnel who are also sworn to uphold it.
- chrismeller 7y agoI’m not clear on what that has to do with this? I get the Constitution aspect, but the military? The Posse Comitatus and Insurrection Acts severely limit the use of US military force domestically. Yes the US police forces have been militarized and yes the governors of each state can call up the National Guard, and yes both acts can be repealed by Congress, but I just feel like it’s shortsighted to think that if this kind of scenario were to happen there wouldn’t be at least a few states whose governors would be going along with it. All of the ex-military folks I know are also the last people I would expect to blindly be going along with the military just because that’s what was ordered, they’ve served their time and now they make up their own minds.
- Fjolsvith 7y agoEx military personnel tend to hold the rights described by the Constitution a bit dearer than others. It's not like they would jump on some revolution to overthrow something they swore to uphold at one point in their life.
- entropea 7y agoAh yes, holding up the constitution by not getting congressional authorization to engage in war with foreign countries.
- Fjolsvith 7y agoWhy would Americans rising up want to get congressional authorization?