posse
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The law is an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act, which typically places strict limits on how federal forces can be used on U.S. soil.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
The National Guard troops are barred from carrying out police duties under the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, which precludes the military from carrying out domestic law enforcement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
This would be proscribed by the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits federal armed forces from performing law enforcement activities.
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025
And a law called the Posse Comitatus Act limits the power of the federal government to use military force for domestic matters.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025
That legislation carved a huge exception to the Posse Comitatus Act, the Civil War-era law prohibiting the use of the military for civilian policing.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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