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The use of military forces for domestic law enforcement is legally constrained by the Posse Comitatus Act, which limits the deployment of federal troops for civilian law enforcement purposes.
of the Code is the statutory chapter that governs the ’s unique “hybrid” posture—Guard members serving under state control but often paid or authorized for federal purposes—and it defines duties, auth...
"against" a state legally means federalizing forces or using active-duty armed forces inside a state under statutory authority—primarily the —or responding under the Constitution’s guarantee to protec...
is a statutory exception to the general prohibition on using the federal military for domestic law enforcement: it authorizes the president to federalize militias or deploy regular armed forces to sup...
The presence of a vessel in international waters does not by itself authorize lethal strikes; instead international law gives warships a narrow right to stop, visit and search foreign-flagged or unreg...