A shift in posse comitatus?


Remains to be seen....

PCA is still there under Title 18 USC 1385 with limitations as to authorization, branches of military, keeping the peace, yada, yada....

What gives one pause is the repeated use of the word *War.* Why would local law enforcement call in the NG to solve a criminal case? Apparently, the mayor doesn't agree.....

Yeah, but the latest NDAA seem to have rendered that pointless.

Some old national emergencies....

http://www.scribd.com/doc/51409755/Senate-Report-93-549

Read the Foreword & Introduction of the one above, if nothing else.

Question: So what happens to the Constitutional government when a state of national emergency is declared?

Question: So what happens to the Constitutional government when a state of national emergency is declared?

The presidential directive says that, when the president considers an emergency to have occurred, an "Enduring Constitutional Government" comprising "a cooperative effort among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Federal Government, coordinated by the President," will take the place of the nation's regular government.