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** Tell Your State Attorney General: Keep the Military Off American Streets ([link removed])
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When the Trump administration deployed U.S. Marines to the streets of Los Angeles — an unprecedented move in response to largely peaceful protests against immigration raids — their stated mission was to protect federal property and personnel.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem offered a different explanation: “[L]iberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership” of the governor and the mayor.

Either way, the administration is breaking the law: The nearly 150-year-old Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the use of the U.S. military for domestic law enforcement, except when specifically authorized by the Constitution or an act of Congress.

The attorney general of California is suing the Trump administration in federal court to enforce the Posse Comitatus Act and halt the unauthorized use of the military.

But while the Marines may be leaving Los Angeles, the administration has deployed nearly 20,000 (or more!) troops in at least five states — militarizing the southern border and assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement in launching draconian crackdowns across the country.

That’s why it’s so important that state attorneys general across the country join in taking legal action to stop Donald Trump from continuing to erode the Constitution and the rule of law with the domestic use of the military.
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