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infullview

(1,147 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 04:03 PM Oct 2025

The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878

If a federal judge has ruled that Trump has violated the The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, who the hell is supposed to hold him accountable?

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The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 (Original Post) infullview Oct 2025 OP
You would think it would be the House AND the Senate. notinkansas Oct 2025 #1
** crickets ** madinmaryland Oct 2025 #2
Then any direction to deploy troops for police duty would be an illegal order Jersey Devil Oct 2025 #3

Jersey Devil

(10,856 posts)
3. Then any direction to deploy troops for police duty would be an illegal order
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 04:57 PM
Oct 2025

and it would be up to the military to refuse to obey it.

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