Adam Schiff: “The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 provides that you cannot use…”

“But if the President can merely rely on a generic claim of power under Article 2, then he can call out the military at any time. In fact, The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 provides that you cannot use the military for traditional domestic law enforcement purposes. There are narrow exceptions to that. One is called the Insurrection act, which would allow a President to call out the military if it's necessary to put down an insurrection …” (09:31–09:42)

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