Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters : A Sketch.

Provides background on the Posse Comitatus Act, which placed prohibitions on use of the military to assist civilian law enforcement agencies. Reviews exceptions to the Act, military branches covered under the act, geographical application, consequences of violation, and legislative proposals to expa...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Armed Forces. Civil-military relations. Law enforcement. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Provides background on the Posse Comitatus Act, which placed prohibitions on use of the military to assist civilian law enforcement agencies. Reviews exceptions to the Act, military branches covered under the act, geographical application, consequences of violation, and legislative proposals to expand scope of Act exemptions.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.