UN and the Posse Comatatus Act of 1878

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"The Posse Comatatus Act, Title 18,U.S.C, Section 1385, is a law, comprised of only a single sentence offifty-two words that makes it illegal to use "any part" of the U.S.Military (personnel or equipment) against U.S. citizens, the violation of which can result in a fine and imprisoned for up to two years." I am curious if anyone knows anything about the dismantling of this Act during the Reagan Administration? http://www.drms.dla.mil Secondly, it's no secret that police departments have been outfitted with surplus military equipment for implementation into police department swat operations.Under this Act only congress or the president are exempted from the being held accountable under this act but, by first declaring martial law, during a time of civil distrubance or perhaps times as we are experiencing today with the concerns of terrorisim.With the military, guarding our airports and boeders, what declaration if any has been made by congress or the president, just curious.

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"The Posse Comatatus Act, Title 18,U.S.C, Section 1385, is a law, comprised of only a single sentence offifty-two words that makes it illegal to use "any part" of the U.S.Military (personnel or equipment) against U.S. citizens, the violation of which can result in a fine and imprisoned for up to two years." I am curious if anyone knows anything about the dismantling of this Act during the Reagan Administration? http://www.drms.dla.mil Secondly, it's no secret that police departments have been outfitted with surplus military equipment for implementation into police department swat operations.Under this Act only congress or the president are exempted from the being held accountable under this act but, by first declaring martial law, during a time of civil distrubance or perhaps times as we are experiencing today with the concerns of terrorisim.With the military, guarding our airports and boeders, what declaration if any has been made by congress or the president, just curious.What stirred me up to ask this question, was an old article I read in Newsweek, concerning the UN's security councilencourging for member nations to provide a civilian police force and make it available for instant deployment to areas of unrest with the boundaries of member nations, to help their national police quell distrubances, and since we do not have a national police force, (the closest thing we have to one could be the FBI).Then that got me to thinking that trained swat police department teams, outfitted with military equipment have at times been refereed to as the present day "militia" mentioned in the Constitution by certain liberal congressmen and senators.My question is this ; Is the militia as defined by the constitution excluded from having to abide by the Posse Comatatus Act.