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by fladrif 370 days ago
Could you elaborate?
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In 2021, it was amended to include Navy, Marines, and Space Force. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act#:~:text=Th...
Surely that's not what the JAG is referring to since the article covered it

"While the Posse Comitatus Act refers only to the Army and Air Force, a different statute extends the same rule to the Navy and Marine Corps. The Coast Guard, though part of the federal armed forces, has express statutory authority to perform law enforcement and is not bound by the Posse Comitatus Act."

Technically, the "different statute" the article links to is not the same thing as the amendment to the PCA, which is here: <https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1385>.
And includes the space force and uses different language.
These differences seem irrelevant to you but they aren’t.
I did above in response to the passive aggressive Dunning Kruger reply to my simple comment suggesting an advocacy piece from 4 years ago might not be 100% useful for today’s news.