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Bigmack

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13. Exception.....

Reply to X_Digger (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 15, 2014, 12:33 AM

Apr 2014

An exception to Posse Comitatus Act, derived from the Enforcement Acts, allowed President Eisenhower to send federal troops into Little Rock, Arkansas, during the 1958 school desegregation crisis. The Enforcement Acts, among other powers, allow the President to call up military forces when state authorities are either unable or unwilling to suppress violence that is in opposition to the constitutional rights of the people.

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Why bother having a military at all...? [View all] Bigmack Apr 2014 OP

Are you suggesting use of military force inside the US borders? X_Digger Apr 2014 #1

Well, there are some subversive infiltrators in Nevada... pinboy3niner Apr 2014 #2

Bourgeoisie Bovine! Talk about owning the means of production! ;) n/t X_Digger Apr 2014 #4

Those damn commie Holsteins. IronGate Apr 2014 #6

The clever bastards play a high steaks game. :) nt pinboy3niner Apr 2014 #7

I have a beef with those clever bovines. IronGate Apr 2014 #8

When will we ever loin? pinboy3niner Apr 2014 #9

Painfully bad... TwilightGardener Apr 2014 #10

When we de-liver the manifesto. IronGate Apr 2014 #11

I need to hoof it for an errand myself pinboy3niner Apr 2014 #14

I hope the federal government resolves never to cow down to those guys. n/t cherokeeprogressive Apr 2014 #16

Hey, the gun fancying right/white wingers think militias are cool. Hoyt Apr 2014 #3

Exception..... Bigmack Apr 2014 #13

And that applies here.. how? n/t X_Digger Apr 2014 #17

Let's ignore for the moment... sarisataka Apr 2014 #5

Your post makes the most sense.... Bigmack Apr 2014 #12

Thank You sarisataka Apr 2014 #19

I will offer a second serious answer. While PC is invoked nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #20

For similar reasons sarisataka Apr 2014 #23

As I said, I kept it on the legal side nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #25

Wow. linuxman Apr 2014 #15

Happened in Boston oneofthe99 Apr 2014 #18

So the proper response is... Lancero Apr 2014 #21

Well, I think that's pretty much what happened in Nevada. n/t JayhawkSD Apr 2014 #22

They could drop a bomb on their house likethey did with MOVE back in '85 KinMd Apr 2014 #24

Never let the enemy choose the battlefield. bluedigger Apr 2014 #26

Amen! CFLDem Apr 2014 #27