Wednesday, September 28, 2005

comitatus. RIP.

* here is the moonietimes:
"President Bush yesterday sought to federalize hurricane-relief efforts, removing governors from the decision-making process.

"It wouldn't be necessary to get a request from the governor or take other action," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said yesterday. "This would be," he added, "more of an automatic trigger.""
note that scotty already has the talking point: "automatic trigger" - that language doesnt come out of thin air.

* everyone is getting nervous about the posse comitatus thing.

* William arkin: "I think we call that martial law."

* for some of my comments on comitatus earlier in the month, see here, here, and here for example

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