Claims: about posse comitatus act

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11 Jan 2019
The Posse Comitatus Act prevents the military from acting as police on American streets but does not prevent military police from pursuing enemy combatants and domestic enemies on U.S. soil.

It's a constitutional role for the military to defend the borders. And also, by the way, Alex, you know, posse comitatus, it prevents the military from acting as police on the streets of America, but it does not prevent military police from pursuing... Enemy combatants and domestic enemies of America who are on American soil. Military police can be dispatched to arrest and seek out treasonous traitors, war criminals, enemy combatants who are on U.S. soil. There is no restriction against that.

06 Apr 2018
The Posse Comitatus Act restricts the Army and Air Force but does not prohibit the National Guard from domestic law enforcement if authorized by a state governor.

The part I'm defending is in the Posse Comitatus Act. It's very clear that what they're talking about is the Army and the Air Force. They are not talking about the National Guard. The National Guard very clearly can be called in if the state governor allows it. The state governor has to welcome the use of... of the National Guard in their state, and then it's okay for them to operate in terms of domestic law enforcement.