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Congress Quietly Repeals Martial Law Provision

Submitted by J.M. on Sat, 04/19/2008 - 11:14
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In late 2006, Congress revised the Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act to make it far easier for a president to declare martial law. Those changes were repealed at the end of this January as part of Public Law 110-181 (HR 4986), the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (signed into law by President Bush on January 28, 2008).

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I can't imagine

Submitted by JKap on Sat, 04/19/2008 - 13:37.

I'd like to hear the Honorable Dr. Ron Paul's analysis of this development.

I can't imagine that Lord Bush would sign such legislation without one of his "signing statement" edicts. And I can't imagine that a politician with any respect for the preeminence of the Constitution would have voted in favor of such legislation in the first place (Clinton, Obama, McCain).

"We don't have to start a brand new revolution...All we have to do is restore the original Constitution." -Ron Paul

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