The Posse Comitatus Act and Other Related StatutesĬonstitutional and Statutory Exceptions to the Posse Comitatus ActĮarly Statutes Providing for Federal Responses to Domestic Disturbances.Presidential Use of the Military To Quell Domestic Disturbances.
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Olson, P.C., 8180 Greensboro Drive, Suite 1070, McLean, Virginia 22102-3823 703-356 5070 ( e-mail 1999 Gun Owners of America, 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, Virginia 22151, 70 ( Permission to reproduce in its entirety is granted with full attribution and disclaimers intact. Alan Woll is an associate with that firm. Olson heads a McLean, Virginia law firm with a practice which focuses on the areas of constitutional law, administrative law, and civil litigation. military forces to address domestic disturbances. This memorandum is fictional but accurately depicts the broad powers enjoyed by presidents to utilize U.S. The limitations imposed by the Posse Comitatus Act and related statutes are no significant check to your executive powers as Commander-In-Chief to use the armed forces to take such measures as you consider necessary for the public good. As president of the United States, you may persuasively claim to have extensive statutory and constitutional powers to deploy the armed forces of the United States within the boundaries of the United States for law enforcement purposes without recourse to declarations of martial law.
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