It's not what violating (or using the exception correctly) Posse Comitatus Act does, either. A posse comitatus is old-timey for the sheriff, marshal, etc. rounds up the townsfolk and deputizes them to help him. PCA limits using soldiers for that. It's not martial law, it's assisting civilian law.
October 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
It's not what violating (or using the exception correctly) Posse Comitatus Act does, either. A posse comitatus is old-timey for the sheriff, marshal, etc. rounds up the townsfolk and deputizes them to help him. PCA limits using soldiers for that. It's not martial law, it's assisting civilian law.
There are lots of disasters waiting to happen in how much we have wired up to pure presidential power, but one thing we don't have is some state-of-exception button the president can push and instantly become absolute dictator. That's not a thing in American law. No emergency power encompasses it.
October 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
There are lots of disasters waiting to happen in how much we have wired up to pure presidential power, but one thing we don't have is some state-of-exception button the president can push and instantly become absolute dictator. That's not a thing in American law. No emergency power encompasses it.