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Could you elaborate?
by fladrif 1y ago
Could you elaborate?
- dogline 1y agoIn 2021, it was amended to include Navy, Marines, and Space Force. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act#:~:text=The%20Act%20originally%20applied%20only,Marine%20Corps%2C%20and%20Space%20Force. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act#:~:text=Th...
- readthenotes1 1y agoSurely that's not what the JAG is referring to since the article covered it "While the Posse Comitatus Act refers only to the Army and Air Force, a different statute extends the same rule to the Navy and Marine Corps. The Coast Guard, though part of the federal armed forces, has express statutory authority to perform law enforcement and is not bound by the Posse Comitatus Act."
- valleyer 1y agoTechnically, the "different statute" the article links to is not the same thing as the amendment to the PCA, which is here: <https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1385 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1385>.
- garbagecoder 1y agoAnd includes the space force and uses different language.
- garbagecoder 1y agoThese differences seem irrelevant to you but they aren’t.
- garbagecoder 1y agoI did above in response to the passive aggressive Dunning Kruger reply to my simple comment suggesting an advocacy piece from 4 years ago might not be 100% useful for today’s news.