The Military’s Huge Power Grab To Nullify Posse Comatitus

The Military’s Huge Power Grab To Nullify Posse Comatitus, Paving The Way...

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The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 was passed by Congress and contained only one sentence prohibiting military forces from being involved in law enforcement on domestic soil. It has been watered down over the last 50 years but has now been shattered into oblivion since the Department of Defense unilaterally declared it so. Can they do that? No, but who can stop them? The expected melee after the November 5 election could literally spark Civil War II.

According to the Brennan Center,

There are no constitutional exceptions to the Posse Comitatus Act. The law allows only for express exceptions, and no part of the Constitution expressly empowers the president to use the military to execute the law. This conclusion is consistent with the law’s legislative history, which suggests that its drafters chose to include the language about constitutional exceptions as part of a face-saving compromise, not because they believed any existed.

This has not stopped the Department of Defense from claiming that constitutional exceptions to the law exist. The Department has long claimed that the Constitution implicitly gives military commanders “emergency authority” to unilaterally use federal troops “to quell large-scale, unexpected civil disturbances” when doing so is “necessary” and prior authorization by the president is impossible. In the past, the department also claimed an inherent constitutional power to use the military to protect federal property and functions when local governments could not or would not do so. The validity of these claimed authorities has never been tested in court.

The Department of Defense has no authority to override Congress. DoD Directive 5240.01 was spawned in the bowels of the DoD, likely with the encouragement of President Joe Biden and his evil band of Technocrats who are presently running the country and who have already weaponized everything in sight against Americas. ⁃ Patrick Wood, TN Editor.

Imagine waking up to discover that the U.S. military has quietly been granted the authority to assist in domestic law enforcement activities—including the use of lethal force against U.S. citizens in certain circumstances. Now consider that this change was enacted just weeks before an election, already surrounded by concerns about unrest, civil liberties, and potential government overreach. This is the reality of DoD Directive 5240.01, reissued on September 27, 2024.

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