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Old 10-08-2008, 02:40 PM   #11
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The act was in response to a very specific situation for a specific time frame. That quote was from your link BTW
Did you happen to see the first three paragraphs of my link? It uses the present tense to describe how the act currently prohibits the military from acting as law enforcement on US soil except in very specific extreme circumstances.

The act may have been in response to a specific situation that occurred during a specific time frame, but the act was not in effect for a specific time frame. It is still in effect today.

It reads: "Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."
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