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kaiser soze
08-06-2006, 10:36 AM
One step closer Martial Law?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060805/ap_on_re_us/governors_guard

CHARLESTON, S.C. - The nation's governors are closing ranks in opposition to a proposal in Congress that would let the president take control of the National Guard in emergencies without consent of governors.

Posse Comitatus Act of 1878:

This act bans the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines from participating in arrests, searches, seizure of evidence and other police-type activity on U.S. soil. The Coast Guard and National Guard troops under the control of state governors are excluded from the act.

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