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Porgie Tirebiter

08/10/19 1:56 PM

#322172 RE: ergo sum #322145

The military can't be used as a police force. George III had pretty much ignored the concept leading to the American Revolution. That's one of the reason the founders were so keen on the "No Standing Army" concept.

It wasn't actually codified until 1807. During the Reconstruction Era it was pretty much ignored.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1877

So Congress beefed it up in 1878

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act