Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
ISSN
0740-8048
Publisher
Yale Law School
Language
en-US
Abstract
The military is currently prohibited by federal statute from participating in domestic law enforcement. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 ("PCA") establishes criminal penalties for people who willfully use members of the Army or the Air Force to execute the laws. Although a product of the Reconstruction Era, this law reflects a strong American tradition against the domestic use of the military that stretches back before the founding of the nation.
Recommended Citation
Sean J. Kealy,
Reexamining the Posse Comitatus Act: Toward a Right to Civil Law Enforcement
,
in
21
Yale Law & Policy Review
383
(2003).
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