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Established in 1936, the Sheriffs Posse is dedicated to preserving the
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Totally missed opportunity to use the word Posse in a sentence.
AusGamers :: News 2010
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Totally missed opportunity to use the word Posse in a sentence.
AusGamers :: News 2010
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Like his crime supression sweeps where he utilizes 60 sheriff and police plus his so called Posse of armed citizens to arrest 12 Burger flippers costing the state so much in taxpayer money.
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This federal law in question is known as the Posse Comitatus Act, which was passed on June 18, 1878.
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Section 1385, originally enacted in 1878, subsequently amended as "Use of Army and Air Force as Posse Comitatus" and commonly known as the Posse Comitatus Act. The Act states:
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The Posse is a group of superpowered youths, the idea of which was fairly dumb to begin with, and to bring them up here is odd, as we have to assume DC is trying to get a demographic that might have skipped reading this to pick it up, so why bring in some lame characters newcomers wouldn't know?
What I bought – 30 April 2008 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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Section 1385 of title 18 (commonly known as the Posse Comitatus Act) prohibits the use of the Armed Forces as a Posse comitatus to execute the laws except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.
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Active duty U.S. troops are barred from domestic law enforcement by a Civil War era law known as Posse Comitatus.
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Active duty U.S. troops are barred from domestic law enforcement by a Civil War era law known as Posse Comitatus.
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