Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense panel, on Wednesday will offer an amendment to the pending defense authorization bill to make the Posse Comitatus Act apply to all military troops, regardless of their activation orders.
“The American military should not be the president’s tool to enforce his dangerous political agenda against his own citizens,†Udall told Military Times. “Congress must work to prevent any scenario in which our military, an institution sworn to protect and uphold our Constitution and freedom, is instead used as a weapon to suppress Americans’ First Amendment rights.â€
Yes, we hear the Democratic argument even among the Republicans these days. I would beware of Marc Esper.