why not send the army in to fix that?
2007-02-27 20:34:12 · 10 answers · asked by trevor v 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
my concerns are with farthers selling there daughters in to marriage for the farthers own benifits. sorry i missed the e in george didnt wont to afend any one george particualy him he might blow me up
2007-02-27 21:03:36 · update #1
The Bush administration engineered a change in the law last fall that escaped the notice of most people and journalists. It repeals the possee comitatus and will allow the military to take police action against US citizens. So your question is not really silly. Bush probably has the legal power to send the army to 'fix' whatever he wants.
2007-02-27 20:43:54 · answer #1 · answered by Red Herring 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red herring needs to read the Act further. The US Armed services are not allowed into states without request by the state or an act of congress. If attacked or during natural disaster ( added after Katrina) The pesident now has the power to react, something that makes sense after 9/11 and Katrina.
TITLE 6 CHAPTER 1 SUBCHAPTER VIII Part H Sec. 466. Congress finds the following:
Section 1385 of title 18 (commonly known as the Posse Comitatus Act) prohibits the use of the Armed Forces as a Posse comitatus to execute the laws except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.
Enacted in 1878, the Posse Comitatus Act was expressly intended to prevent United States Marshals, on their own initiative, from calling on the Army for assistance in enforcing Federal law.
Some believe the Posse Comitatus Act has served the Nation well in limiting the use of the Armed Forces to enforce the law. Whether this is a good thing or not is subject to debate.
The Posse Comitatus Act was not intended to be a complete barrier to the use of the Armed Forces for a range of domestic purposes, including law enforcement functions, when the use of the Armed Forces is authorized by Act of Congress or the President determines that the use of the Armed Forces is required to fulfill the President's obligations under the Constitution provide for the common defense or to respond promptly to insurrection, or other serious emergency.
Existing laws, including Title 10, Chapter 15 (commonly known as The Insurrection Act), and The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Title 42, Chapter 68), grant the President broad powers that may be invoked in the event of domestic emergencies, including an attack against the Nation using weapons of mass destruction, and these laws specifically authorize the President to use the Armed Forces to help restore public order.
The Posse Comitatus Act could be replaced, nullified or modified by a simple act of Congress.
2007-02-27 21:38:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
And what way is that? And sorry but I don't know anyone named gorge bush. I have cousins who live in Colorado and I have been there a few times to go fishing ans sometimes to ski. but I haven't been there for a couple years I'll have to write them and ask them why do they think you are so concerned about the way they are living.
2007-02-27 20:51:26 · answer #3 · answered by crusinthru 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi Trevor,
What have you got against the way people in Colorado live? Many people pay large sums of money to live in Colorado. Can you be more specific about what is bothering you?
2007-02-27 20:39:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ar you refering to the polygimist sect in Utah? I think selling your daughter is slavery. if that's going on , then we need the sherriffs dept not the army. This is why we build prisons.
2007-02-27 21:26:32 · answer #5 · answered by guy o 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the problem, in your opinion? Do not give bush and his fundie followers any ideas. Americans do still have some freedoms, even if they conflict with bush and his pseudo religious base. Only an idiot would welcome the kind of fascism that you are talking about
2007-02-27 20:39:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Start with your local government and after they fail you go to your governor then your state reps AND then you can go and blame the president!!!!!!
2007-02-27 20:43:21 · answer #7 · answered by Boston Mark 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
slurs aren't allowed on YA! What Colorado does is their government's business!!!!!!
2007-02-27 23:40:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He allows it because Colorado is not in Texas, so it might as well be Louisiana for all he cares. It's not part of the Bushwackers Amerika.
2007-02-27 20:39:27 · answer #9 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
WHO THE F**K IS GORGE BUSH AND WHAT PEOPLE WOULD HE ALLOW TO LIVE WHAT WAY!!
2007-02-27 20:42:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋