The Senate added language to account for constitutional authority to use the Army as a posse comitatus, or otherwise, to execute the laws. |
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The Senate Judiciary Committee agreed that marshals could summon both the militia and regular troops to serve in a posse comitatus. |
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They are the standing army, and the militia, jailers, constables, posse comitatus, etc. |
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Clearly, the Posse Comitatus Act did not originate from the prevailing opinion during the revolutionary period. |
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Legal barriers to sending the armed forces into U.S. streets have existed for more than a century under the Posse Comitatus Act. |
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In many respects, the Posse Comitatus Act remained invisible for the first several decades of the 20th century. |
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The DOD, however, claimed to base its policy upon the Posse Comitatus Act. |
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The Democrats made absolutely no mention of the Posse Comitatus Act. |
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The outcome of this debate over the Posse Comitatus Act may prefigure the contours of our society for a generation or more. |
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