Cyborg
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I am especially looking for responses from Duke_of_Doubt, LegalEagle and any other practicing attorneys but everyone is welcome to join in.
Here is the question. Assume for the sake of the question that
1) things are heading for tophet in a handbasket;
2) people in Kevlar Bonnets, black BDUs and working for various alphabet agencies are running around confiscating guns and playing "let's see if we can top Ruby Ridge and Waco" and
3) some citizens are responding/resisting with force - even deadly force.
Would Posse Commitatus allow use of Regular Army or even NG and Active Reserve troops to respond?
If so, what actions would the President have to accomplish to be able to call out troops against American Citizens on American soil?
Please note I am not advocating such a scenario - especially #3 - but it is always a possibility. I just want to know what can be done "legally" - recognizing that something is really only illegal if you are successfully prosecuted for it.
Gonna sit back and watch for now. But I would really like to know and I know we have some fine legal minds here even if I do not always agree with them.
Cyborg
Here is the question. Assume for the sake of the question that
1) things are heading for tophet in a handbasket;
2) people in Kevlar Bonnets, black BDUs and working for various alphabet agencies are running around confiscating guns and playing "let's see if we can top Ruby Ridge and Waco" and
3) some citizens are responding/resisting with force - even deadly force.
Would Posse Commitatus allow use of Regular Army or even NG and Active Reserve troops to respond?
If so, what actions would the President have to accomplish to be able to call out troops against American Citizens on American soil?
Please note I am not advocating such a scenario - especially #3 - but it is always a possibility. I just want to know what can be done "legally" - recognizing that something is really only illegal if you are successfully prosecuted for it.
Gonna sit back and watch for now. But I would really like to know and I know we have some fine legal minds here even if I do not always agree with them.
Cyborg