Posse Comitatus
<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3976745055486891 The Brennan Center for Justice describes the Act - T he Posse Comitatus Act was passed in 1878, amid the resurgence of White Supremacy in the Confederate States after the Civil War. The Posse Comitatus Act bars federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement except when expressly authorized by law. This 143-year-old (147j.), law embodies an American tradition that sees military interference in civilian affairs as a threat to both democracy and personal liberty . Basically , the Act was born of fear of Federal Troops being mobi lized in support of local Law Enforcement . And now, that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is trying to implement. Trump has issued an Executive Order, citing a N ational Emergency, (Illegal Immigration), as the basis for the need to involve U.S. Federal Tr...