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Originally Posted by BMT
Common Sense finally gave up the fight when President Bush declared the Patriot Act into law, the Thought Crimes Prevention Bill (The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007), the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act of 2007, which repeals the Posse Comitatus Act and which means America has given away our rights as citizens.
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I'm slightly ashamed to admit that I had not heard of the Warner Act, so I did some research on it while sitting here at work........
Public Law 109-364, or the "John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007" (H.R.5122) (2), which was signed by the commander in chief on October 17th, 2006, in a closed Oval Office ceremony, allows the President to declare a "public emergency" and station troops anywhere in America and take control of state-based National Guard units without the consent of the governor or local authorities, in order to suppress public disorder.
My question is, exactly how much of an expansion of power is this over the President's pervious ability to declare Marshal Law?