Thread: MARTIAL LAW MADE EASY- H.R.5122 - John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for

MARTIAL LAW MADE EASY

OMINOUS LEGISLATION PASSES CONGRESS WITH LITTLE PROTEST

By James P. Tucker Jr.
Updated November 4, 2006

A little-noted provision of the recently passed Defense Authorization Act allows President Bush to send in the military to police any trouble spot in this country regardless of the wishes of state governors.

On Oct. 17, President Bush signed the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007.

The act grants the military the authority to seek from Congress $462.8 billion. In addition, Senate and House conferees added another $70 billion in supplemental defense spending bringing the overall total of the act to an unprecedented $532.8 billion. The supplemental funding provides billions of dollars to help “reset” Army and Marine Corps equipment, which is wearing out faster than planned because of the war in Afghanistan and the occupation of Iraq.

A highly controversial and little-known aspect of the act “contains a widely opposed provision to allow the president more control over the National Guard [by adopting] changes to the Insurrection Act, which will make it easier for this or any future president to use the military to restore order without the consent of the nation’s governors,” Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Ver.) said.

Americans “certainly do not need to make it easier for presidents to declare martial law,” Leahy said. “Invoking the Insurrection Act and using the military for law enforcement activities goes against some of the central tenets of our democracy. One can easily envision governors and mayors in charge of an emergency having to constantly look over their shoulders while someone who has never visited their communities gives the orders.”

The act “subverts solid, long-standing Posse Comitatus statutes that limit the military’s involvement in law enforcement, thereby making it easier for the president to declare martial law,” Leahy said. This had been “slipped in as a rider with little study” while “other congressional committees with jurisdiction over these matters had no chance to comment, let alone hold hearings on these proposals.”

There is good reason, Leahy said, “for the constructive friction in existing law when it comes to martial law declarations. Using the military for law enforcement goes against one of the founding tenets of our democracy. We fail our Constitution, neglecting the rights of the states, when we make it easier for the president to declare martial law and trample on local and state sovereignty.”

The law allows the president to “employ the armed forces, including the National Guard in federal service, to restore public order and enforce the laws of the United States when, as a result of a natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or other condition in any state or possession of the United States, that the president determines that domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the state or possession are incapable of maintaining public order to suppress in any state, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination or conspiracy.”

“Or other condition” is a critical line in the new law, skeptics say. The president can send the National Guard into any community for any—even frivolous—reasons, they argue.

The Founders, as expressed in the written history of the times—published speeches and letters—were anxious to never have a national police force for fear it would be used to centralize power at the federal level and weaken the role of states. The president can now, effectively, deploy a national police force to any location in the country on a whim.

The 1878 Posse Comitatus Act reads: “Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or act of Congress, willfully uses any part” of the military “as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than two years or both.”

http://www.americanfreepress.net/htm...made_easy.html



Has it been repealed and we don't know it?

H.R.5122 - John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007109th Congress (2005-2006)

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Sponsor:	Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52] (Introduced 04/06/2006)(by request)
Committees:	House - Armed Services
Committee Reports:	H. Rept. 109-452; H. Rept. 109-702 (Conference Report)
Latest Action:	10/17/2006 Became Public Law No: 109-364. (TXT | PDF) (All Actions)
Roll Call Votes:	There have been 8 roll call votes

Title X
Subtitle H,Other Matters.

(Sec. 1076) Revises federal provisions allowing the President to utilize the Armed Forces in connection with interference with federal and state law to allow the President to employ the Armed Forces and National Guard in federal service to restore public order in cases of natural disaster, epidemic or other public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or domestic violence. Requires the President to notify Congress within 14 days of the exercise of such authority. Authorizes the President, when exercising such authority, to direct the Secretary to provide supplies, services, and equipment to persons affected by the situation.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-...ouse-bill/5122

Urgent update on invasion of southern border

https://www.facebook.com/10001188525...5845524821619/

Originally Posted by Airbornesapper07

Urgent update on invasion of southern border

https://www.facebook.com/10001188525...5845524821619/

Everyone needs to watch this. Thank you for posting it.

Originally Posted by Airbornesapper07

Urgent update on invasion of southern border

https://www.facebook.com/10001188525...5845524821619/

I appreciate the president's remarks. Many in the caravan will probably break up in onsies and twosies or more and keep coming like they do every single day.

What will stop it is for the military to be on the border to prevent crossings. At this point with tens of thousands crossing each month, the military is needed permanently on the border or at least until a wall is completed, until border patrol agent numbers increase, until the corrupt people in all agencies involved are identified and removed. And of course, Mexico must stop encouraging this and stop their drug cartels. That is a a monumental task.

Mexico does appear to be doing something though the caravan invaders just keep pushing through. That picture on the bridge of the thousands was a sight.

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeach

They will break up in onsies and twosies or more and keep coming like they do every single day.

What will stop it is for the military to be on the border to prevent crossings. At this point with tens of thousands crossing each month, the military is needed permanently on the border or at least until a wall is completed, until border patrol agent numbers increase, until the corrupt people in all agencies involved are identified and removed. And of course, Mexico must stop encouraging this and stop their drug cartels. That is unlikely and would be a monumental task.

You might find this interesting, I did. It is a PDF

Combat Studies Institute PressFort Leavenworth, Kansas

The US Army on theMexican Border: A Historical Perspective

Foreword

Since the mid-19th century, the United States has frequently employedthe US Army on its southern border to perform various roles in support ofthe Nation—from outright war, to patrolling the border, to chasing banditswhile securing persons and property on both sides of the border, and mostrecently to supporting civil law enforcement and antidrug efforts. Eventssince 9/11, such as the recent deployment of National Guard Soldiers tothe Mexican border, are only the latest manifestation of this long tradition.This 22nd Occasional Paper in the Combat Studies Institute (CSI) LongWar Series, The US Army on the Mexican Border: A Historical Perspective,by CSI historian Matt M. Matthews, reviews the lengthy history of theUS Army on the Mexican border and highlights recurring themes that arerelevant to today’s ongoing border security mission.

Between 1846 and the early decades of the 20th century, the US Armycarried out its security missions under a variety of hardships imposed bythe massive length and ruggedness of the border. The shortage of soldiers topolice the new and oft-disputed border also proved especially problematic.Mexican domestic politics and US-Mexican international relations greatlyaffected the Army’s operations.
Since the 1920s, the Army’s role has beendramatically different, ranging from noninvolvement to varied formsof support to local, state, and Federal civilian agencies. Mr. Matthews’narrative brings to light these complexities and makes for compellingreading.The ongoing, post-9/11 debate over the military’s role in securing ourNation’s southern border makes this paper important reading for today’sSoldiers. While current and future missions will not mirror those of thepast, the historical record is replete with insights and lessons learnedfrom the Army’s past that are timely and relevant today. CSI—The Past

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Port...thews_op22.pdf

GO TRUMP GO! "I'm calling up the military, I'm not calling up the Guard, I'm calling up the military." "They are not coming into this country." -- President Donald J Trump, October 19, 2018.

YES!!! VOTE RED REPUBLICAN ON NOVEMBER 6, 2018!!!

"We will not bend, we will not break, we will never give in, we will never back down, we will never surrender, we will always fight on to victory, and win, win, win." -- President Donald J Trump, 2018 Maga Rallies

Originally Posted by Newmexican

You might find this interesting, I did. It is a PDF

Americans have been duped for decades about what posse comitatus means because the Left Wing Media and the DemoQuacks use it to jeopardize and compromise security at our borders. They are wrong, they are liars, but they successfully convince people with no common sense into believing that the United States is weak and can't defend itself.

We now have a common sense highly intelligent President who knows the truth, has tried all other measures with little or no success, blocked by courts, blocked by Congress, blocked by DOJ, so the time has come for him to do what needs to be done. And yes, has needed to be done for decades.

Take back the 20 MILLION deportation money to Mexico.

They just let 4,000 breach their southern border...they have NO intention of stopping this.

NO MORE TALK!

TAKE SERIOUS ACTION!

TROOPS ON THE BORDER!

NO PAPERS, NO ENTRY AND NO ASYLUM AT PORTS OF ENTRY!

PROCESS AND DEPORT WITHIN 48 HOURS...HAVE BUSES AND BARGES STANDING BY!

He had better get on it!!

President Trump says U.S. now cutting aid to Central American nations over migrants