Adam Schiff: “The law was, in fact, intended by Congress as an exception…”

“No, it was enacted to suppress a rebellion against the government or insurrection against the government. The law was, in fact, intended by Congress as an exception to another law, the Posse Comitatus Law, that otherwise forbids the military from undertaking domestic law enforcement. The Insurrection act, therefore, must be understood as an authority that Congress enacted at the outset of our republic for a President to use only in the narrowest and most …” (05:25–05:38)

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