#possecomitatusact — Public Fediverse posts
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And the #Marines were held in reserve on several occasions: after #MLK won his battle against Bull Connor in the 1963 #Birmingham, #Alabama, campaign for #desegregation of downtown stores, during which firebombings of a #CivilRights headquarters & King’s brother’s hotel room had sparked riots, & during the 1963 #MarchOnWashington.
#law #Trump #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #military #NationalGuard #LosAngeles #autocracy
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Rep #PeteAguilar questions #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth about the #law #Trump cited as the legal basis for his authority to send #military forces to #LosAngeles, 10 USC §12406 which grants the president this authority under only 3 circumstances.
Aguilar asks which of the circumstances is at play in this case.
#Hegseth actually says he doesn’t know but then says, “Sounds like all three to me.”
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12406
#Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #California #NationalGuard #Marines #protests
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Rep #PeteAguilar asks #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth about the deployment of #NationalGuard troops to #LosAngeles, #California, & the verified news reports they do not have funding for #food, #water, #fuel or #lodging.
Then #Hegseth attacks #GavinNewsom & spouts tired #propaganda that #protesters are "rioters, looters & thugs" rather than people legally expressing their #FirstAmendment rights with the usual handful of opportunists joining in.