[Mpls] RE: Against the Law for Federal Troops to Act as Domestic Peace Officers

2005-09-06 Thread Ray Marshall
We live in a country where the law is deemed sacred and must be observed. Thus, hundreds or more die and suffer because it is against the law for a soldier to provide law enforcement domestically. Yet state and local police and public employees are ordered under threat of losing their jobs that

Re: [Mpls] RE: Against the Law for Federal Troops to Act as Domestic Peace Officers

2005-09-06 Thread wmmarks
Ray Marshall wrote: We live in a country where the law is deemed sacred and must be observed. Sez who? Even while seemingly doing our best, we sometimes make really dumb laws. Maybe that's even the case for 50% of the laws. For example, it was fewer than three years ago, I think, that MN

[Mpls] RE: Against the Law for Federal Troops to Act as Domestic Peace Officers

2005-09-06 Thread Ray Marshall
-Original Message- From: wmmarks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 10:27 AM To: mpls@mnforum.org Cc: Ray Marshall Subject: Re: [Mpls] RE: Against the Law for Federal Troops to Act as Domestic Peace Officers Ray Marshall writes: I'll not quote Wizard's lengthy

Re: [Mpls] RE: Against the Law for Federal Troops to Act as, Domestic Peace Officers

2005-09-06 Thread Becca Vargo Daggett
If the government at the local level can disregard laws because of funding or other reasons, wouldn't it be possible that the Federal government can disregard laws to save lives? 1. The Posse Comitatus Act does not apply to National Guard troops operating under state control. The original