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> The US military is forbidden from domestic enforcement action, except in certain circumstances. Google "posse commitatus" for details. Kind of. The Posse Com
by rascul 5y ago
> The US military is forbidden from domestic enforcement action, except in certain circumstances. Google "posse commitatus" for details.
Kind of. The Posse Comitatus Act doesn't apply to the Navy. However, the DoD and/or the DoN has regulations that align with the Posse Comitatus Act. So it's not the military as a whole which is forbidden, just part of it, and the other part can change their own rules to allow it.
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/p/posse-comitatus-act-and-related-matters-a-sketch.html https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act
- _jal 5y agoWow, thanks, I appreciate the correction. Very much not my area, but I had no idea.