The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 was a federal law enacted by congress in 1878 to restrict the federal governments from utilizing the Air Force and Army powers in civil law enforcement functions. The law ensures that civilian police agencies are directly responsible for all law enforcement functions in the United States, and the Armed Forces are responsible for fighting American wars abroad. The military can only be used as law enforcement in America if it specifically authorized. The Posse Comitatus
record of being there when you need them to be and being able to perform under strenuous conditions. For the purpose of this literary review the above incidents show a history of reliability when it comes to the National Guard. They are willing to act on facets of both state and federal orders and are able to maintain an organized hierarchy when doing so. The National Guard will be ready to respond due to being “forward-deployed in thousands of communities across the United States” (CNGR 2008, 9)
There were many accounts of what happened in Prineville on that fateful day in 1882, in Reign of the vigilantes, William Thompson told a very different account of the events of vigilantism that occurred on March 15, 1882 Thompson bent the truth to protect himself. Thompson said the land dispute was a “trivial matter at most” (Becman) according to Reign of the Vigilantes, most people would disagree with that statement and would not consider someone building a fence across their yard or property as
The Stafford Act is a federal law designed to bring a systematic means of natural disaster assistance to governments at the state and local levels for carrying out aid to their citizens (FEMA, 1988). Thirty-six hours before Hurricane Katrina hit President Bush invoked his right to the Stafford Act. A “state of emergency” for Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama. President Bush was called, which imposed federal disaster relief efforts to be ready for the impending disaster. The Stafford Act is what ques
Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.” - Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1385. The Posse Commitatus Act (PCA) was enacted within the United States to set limitations on the use of federal troops against U.S citizens to enforce state laws. The PCA takes the decisive authority to use the military as a Posse away from the
The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) is a diverse and complex community of professionals whose due diligence and professionalism provides intelligence information to decision and policy makers. The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) made significant changes in the IC however may not have yet gone far enough. The following changes to the IC could enhance what is already foundational. 1) The most drastic change I would recommend would be to create a Cabinet post, Secretary
partner agencies to avoid inefficiencies while achieving unity of purpose and unity of command, 2. How the DOD and USNORTHCOM should organize and operate to defeat or deter transnational terrorist groups and 3. How the DOD can adhere to the Posse Comitatus Act while still making value-added contributions with the capabilities of the U.S. military
After the deadly standoffs at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992 and Waco, Texas, in 1993, the extreme right experienced a considerable resurgence, to include a rise in numbers and activities within the sovereign citizens. This activity included acts of violence, usually against representatives of the government that sovereign citizens so hated. Over the next five years, sovereign citizen organization took to violent actions involving armed stand-offs, shoot-outs with law enforcement, and kidnapping of local
is how the military was forced to intervene causing all sorts of chaos. This example is supposed to show us a real life example of what can happen when political discourse reaches a breaking point, however in our governing system we have the Posse Comitatus Act, which prevents the federal government from using our conventional military branches to enforce the will of our federal government officials. It seems like in our political system performing any kind of coup would be extremely
Civil Disobedience and the Abusive Power of Government In response to the annexation of Texas in 1845 by the United States, Henry David Thoreau's wrote the essay, Civil Disobedience. Thoreau felt that this purely economic move by the United States expedited the Civil War, which he, and many Americans, disapproved of. In his essay, Thoreau argues that government should not be in control of the people and that the people should be able to rule themselves freely however they please. In addition
one of the anxiety-producing subtexts of “Bartleby” is its recognition that legal rules, even those as apparently neutral as the law of prudence, inevitably favor some people at the expense of others. Logically, the freedom to act ought to include the freedom not to act, but Bartleby’s exercise of the latter assures his ruin”
than what the people wish it to be, which is what the Founding Fathers warned against. The people didn’t wish or vote for mass immigration, NSA spying or mass surveillance of its population. There was no vote to replace the 1878 Congressional Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids military involvement in domestic law enforcement without congressional approval. My second question. In a society supposedly unique in its limitations of State power, with checks and balances, why is power increasingly being
Do Black Lives Matter? By Nicholas Wheeler Dr. Ellen McKenzie English 111 23 September 2015 Nicholas Wheeler Dr. Ellen McKenzie English 111 23 September 2015 Summary Response: Do Black Lives Matter? The historical mistreatment, and oppression of African Americans lives remains an indisputable fact in the history of the United States. The “Black Lives Matter” activist movement focuses on the death of African American lives in the hands of police. The movement raises awareness for police
Alexander’s article asserts that congress should revise the U.S. Posse Comitatus Act, which limits the government's power in using their military to act as law enforcement personnel, to ensure the military does not intervene with the surveillance of citizens. The National Security Agency “conducts pervasive, highly sophisticated spying operations, both domestically
considers the counts of the actual terrorist attacking a group has been fund to indulge into, along with the careful understanding about the way the group has planned and prepared for the act and estimating the probability of the acts of terrorism in the future in terms of their capability and intention for pursuing such acts (http://www.state.gov). There have been security threat issues not only in terms of the foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) but the threat is also growing due to domestic terrorism
emergency relief efforts be coordinated under the oversight of FEMA’s federal coordinating officer(FCO). This also provided for more military personnel and resources to be put into use, so long as it didn’t violate the stipulations of the Posse Comitatus Act, which imposes restrictions against the use of Active Duty soldiers in law enforcement. Chowdhury 4 After midnight, now Sunday, Hurricane Katrina became a Category 4 storm, boasting 145 mph winds. Before 7:00 AM, it had attained Category
was bleeding. Everybody had blood on their forearms. We ran back up the hill laughing... He should have died... He lost so much blood he turned white. He got what he deserved" (Ridgeway 167.) The skinheads who performed this random act of racial violence in 1990, had no reason to brutally beat their victim other than the fact that he was Mexican (Ridgeway 167). Racism is objectively defined as any practice of ethnic discrimination or segregation. Fortunately, racial violence
“I can’t breath”, “Hands up don’t shoot”, “Black Lives Matter” are all recent but widely known chants across the world. The institution of policing in the United States of America is corrupt by nature. The Law Dictionary states, “Police brutality is the excessive and/or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians” (Danilina, pg.1). The use of excessive force is a reoccurring issue within the police departments. Historically, police brutality occurred during slavery. When slaves were caught
The Waco Incident My name is Jim, just Jim it’s easier this way, and I was one of the nine survivors in the Waco compound standoff. Before I go into what I think went wrong to our religious sanctuary, let me tell you how I met David and a little about our great deciple. Back in the early 90’s I had been drumming in a nowhere rock band when I met and befriended David Koresh. I needed some new drum sticks, and on the way to a gig stopped in at a local music shop. Seeing the sticks in my hand the
a standing government. The standing army is only an arm of the standing government. The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it. Witness the present Mexican war, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for in the outset, the people would not have consented to this measure. This American government--what is it but a