"President Bush yesterday sought to federalize hurricane-relief efforts, removing governors from the decision-making process.note that scotty already has the talking point: "automatic trigger" - that language doesnt come out of thin air.
"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.""
* 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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