04-03-2018, 03:47 PM
(04-03-2018, 03:43 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: The reserves can be used. Also this is a national defense issue.
It's enforcing domestic policy, which means it would violate the Posse Comitatus Act. It must have congressional approval in order for it to occur. Now, the governor of the state can activate their NG units and enforce their laws, the statute does allow for that, but it does not allow for the POTUS to take this action, reserves or active duty.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
