The posse comitatus (from the Latin for "power of the county"), frequently shortened to posse, is in common law a group of people mobilized by the conservator...
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The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B...
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The Posse Comitatus (Latin, "force of the county") is a loosely organized American far-right extremist social movement which began in the late 1960s....
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Look up posse comitatus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Posse comitatus is the authority of a law officer to conscript any able-bodied males to assist...
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la:Comitatus.) Posse comitatus ("power/force of the county"; comitatus is 4th declension so the genitive termination is ūs), usually shortened to posse,...
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The West Wing season 3 (redirect from Posse Comitatus (The West Wing))
Paris Barclay (for "The Indians in the Lobby") and Alex Graves (for "Posse Comitatus") were each nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series...
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Look up posse or Posse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Posse is a shortened form of posse comitatus, a group of people summoned to assist law enforcement...
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appeared in 1971 within the Posse Comitatus, as a teaching of Christian Identity minister William Potter Gale. The Posse Comitatus was a far right anti-government...
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part of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, these provisions have since been amended. There are Constitutional exceptions to Posse Comitatus restrictions...
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veteran and farmer who was known for being a one-time member of the Posse Comitatus movement and for his involvement in two fatal shootouts with law enforcement...
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Look up comitatus or posse comitatus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Comitatus is the Latin term for an armed escort or retinue. Comitatus may also...
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The use of federal troops prompted bipartisan support for the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, limiting the power of the president to use federal troops for...
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several white supremacist groups, including Christian Identity and the Posse Comitatus. He had connections to the Church of Jesus Christ–Christian, Aryan...
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remain under the command and control of the Governor. The federal Posse Comitatus Act (PCA) does not apply under state active duty status or Title 32...
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unorganized militia, and constitutional militia. While groups such as the Posse Comitatus existed as early as the 1980s, the movement gained momentum after standoffs...
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the Posse Comitatus organization attempted to take over Alpine County by settling there and fielding candidates in local elections. The Posse thought...
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best be partial and short-term.: 26 In the United States, the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act place limits (but does not absolutely forbid: 4 ) on the federal...
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and Christian Identity minister. He was a founding member of the Posse Comitatus, an antisemitic, anti-government and anti-tax group associated with...
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Militia (United States) (section Posse Comitatus Act)
militiamen were called out nationwide. In 1878, Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act intended to prohibit federal troops and federal-controlled militia...
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considered whether the use of active-duty military at Waco violated the Posse Comitatus Act or the Military Assistance to Law Enforcement Act. These statutes...
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rules for the weapons needed for mass detentions and sidestepped the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits deploying US military forces in the United States...
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convicted child molester. He was a member of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), the Posse Comitatus, and Aryan Nations. It was during his high school days that Kreis first...
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it has participated in 157 separate go-fast boat interdictions. The Posse Comitatus Act and related policies generally prohibit the Department of Defense...
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that their armed forces are totally prohibited from doing so by the Posse Comitatus Act. The Act, which reserves to Congress the power to employ federal...
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the 1970s and 1980s, beginning with the California Rangers and the Posse Comitatus, and he also helped found the American militia movement. The future...
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from state and federal governments, a concept earlier used by the Posse Comitatus. The argument is also made that Napoleon only sold "the streets of...
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"Provenance" as Patrick Holden. He had a small cameo in the episode "Posse Comitatus" of The West Wing as Richard the III and another in the film as an...
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Neighborhood watch Paramilitary punishment attacks in Northern Ireland Posse comitatus, an indirect descendant of the Northern Germanic hird or fyrd system...
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2002 MDs Dr. Maggie Yang Main role 2003 JAG Lt. Mary Nash Episode: "Posse Comitatus" 2003 The D.A. Jinette McMahon 4 episodes 2005–2017 Bones Angela Montenegro...
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Press, 2010 p. 160: "out of the phrase posse comitatus 'the force of the county' arose our present use of posse for a group of men whom the sheriff calls...
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