For years our laws have protected us from our military being used on U.S. soil. While this might not be of concern to some. However recent moves by the government could lead us down the slippery slope to the military being used against our own people here at home.
Bush Illegally Turns Army Inwards – Urge Moderators to Raise Issue During Presidential Debates
For more than 200 years, federal laws have protected the American people against the use of military forces on our own soil. Strengthened in 1878 by the Posse Comitatus Act, these laws have guaranteed that the federal government could not use the military for domestic law enforcement purposes.
Without such protection, the federal government could use the might of our army to violate state and individual rights. Moreover, minor incursions by the military into domestic law enforcement activity could lay the foundation for the imposition of martial law at a moment’s notice. This is one slippery slope we don’t want to start sliding down.
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