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9. The military would consider it an illegal order. He doesn't get the final word on what defines "war" or

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 05:47 PM

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which Americans or orgs (antifa) are "enemy combatants" of an "invasion." The US military would not attack American citizens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act

The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes that limits the powers of the federal government and any other government entities such as county sheriffs and justices of the peace that are authorized to form a posse comitatus in the use of federal military personnel to execute the law within the United States. Congress passed the Act as an amendment to an army appropriation bill following the end of Reconstruction and updated it in 1956, 1981 and 2021.

The Act originally applied only to the United States Army, but a subsequent amendment in 1956 expanded its scope to the United States Air Force. In 2021, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 further expanded the scope of the Act to cover the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Space Force.

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Trump and Hegseth may have made the biggest mistake in their lives. [View all] Augiedog Sep 30 OP

No one has stood up to them yet. Irish_Dem Sep 30 #1

what's depressing is the courts have actaully kicked his ass right and left so far this term.... Takket Sep 30 #2

Lower appellate courts have been helping him lame54 Sep 30 #4

The SC is part of the Trump Crime Syndicate. Irish_Dem Sep 30 #6

They are, but they call it "gifts" and "gratuities", not "pay" JHB Sep 30 #11

And their evil benefactors are just friends. Irish_Dem Sep 30 #14

A BRIBE by any other name (gratuity, tip, gift etc) is still a BRIBE. MLWR Sep 30 #30

Ever see the film ,"Seven Days in May"? BattleRow Oct 1 #48

Today US generals don't want to face treason charges. Irish_Dem Oct 1 #49

I saw it a bunch of times on TV waaay back. electric_blue68 Oct 1 #56

Hate to break it to you but the military will do as they are told... walkingman Sep 30 #3

So, if he commands lethal force on Americans... sheshe2 Sep 30 #7

I think that would be considered illegal. Would they comply anyway? walkingman Sep 30 #8

The military would consider it an illegal order. He doesn't get the final word on what defines "war" or ancianita Sep 30 #9

Eh... antifa is not an organization. It's an antifascist sentiment. n/t Safe as Milk Oct 1 #42

Of course. We know that. But he'll call it whatever to create a media image to his base. ancianita Oct 1 #47

Sadly DownriverDem Sep 30 #13

I remember that very well. sheshe2 Sep 30 #16

I was only 10 LittleGirl Sep 30 #23

That is the $64,000 question, isn't it? n/t ReRe Sep 30 #21

It certainly is. sheshe2 Sep 30 #22

Today was bone-chilling. ReRe Sep 30 #27

If the troops are armed, they will shoot Bmoboy Oct 1 #53

And that's the key TimeToGo Sep 30 #18

No one balked about firing on Venezuelan boats. 3Hotdogs Sep 30 #24

It was just Diddling Donny punching down in his traditional way. Safe as Milk Oct 1 #43

Is everything trump does lawful? Ilsa Sep 30 #35

I seriously doubt it. However, in days of old it has happened but these days it is pretty walkingman Oct 1 #44

they would be held accountable azureblue Oct 1 #51

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Diddling Donny's power to punish protects him. Safe as Milk Oct 1 #40

100% correct. Not only can he use the power of our judicial system to go after them walkingman Oct 1 #54

unless azureblue Oct 1 #50

Changing the purpose of the military from fighting for freedom in the world to bucolic_frolic Sep 30 #5

Yup orangecrush Sep 30 #10

Augiedog you are so right. They told the leaders of the military that the are going to issue illegal orders. flashman13 Sep 30 #12

Signal app is a well known way. But ... it is well known. Tetrachloride Sep 30 #25

Actually, popsdenver Sep 30 #15

Trump has the habit of out of control blundering. oasis Sep 30 #17

It hasn't gotten him imprisoned yet. So he's going to keep doing it. Aristus Sep 30 #20

Nobody is that lucky forever. DinahMoeHum Sep 30 #36

He should have been taken into custody The Wizard Oct 1 #46

... all enemies foreign and domestic ... ZDU Sep 30 #19

Nope. angrychair Sep 30 #26

I would hope that you are right, but so far Trump and his minions have gotten away with everything. raccoon Sep 30 #28

Do you think they knew this was what they were doing? ananda Sep 30 #29

Agree. They woke a very big beast. Joinfortmill Sep 30 #31

Anyone talking about this anymore... or nah? IcyPeas Sep 30 #32

Not nearly enough. nt babylonsister Sep 30 #33

Their fellow Americans are not their enemy, despite what Fox and Newsmax says. surfered Sep 30 #34

Yeah, I doubt it. tavernier Oct 1 #38

It's largely the Steve Bannon "flood the zone with shit" playbook AdamGG Oct 1 #41

Don't Shit In Your Hejmet. BurnDoubt Oct 1 #39

There are plenty of analogues of authoritarians directing their military to "fight the enemy within" AdamGG Oct 1 #45

How do you think those Generals liked being lectured by an O-4? Bluetus Oct 1 #52

Yes. Staging a MAGA rally for stone-faced generals has (hopefully) done irreparable harm to the regime pat_k Oct 1 #55