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" Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the army or air force as a posse comitatus or otherwise, to execute the laws, shall be fined not more than $10,000.00... "
Materials Relating to the Investigation Into the Activities of Federal Law ... - Page 53
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1997 - 794 pages
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Code of Federal Regulations: Containing a Codification of Documents of ...

1988 - 996 pages
...participation in civilian law enforcement actlvities is the Posse Comitatus Act (18 USC 1385), which provides: Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances...uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comftatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more...
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Nomination of W. Wilson White: Hearings ... Eighty-fifth Congress, Second ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1959 - 102 pages
...and enacted in the same bill as section 1385 of title 18, the Criminal Code) which reads as follows : "Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances...of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise, to execute the laws, shall be fined not more than $10,000...
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Nomination of W. Wilson White: Hearing... 85-2...1959

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1959 - 100 pages
...and enacted in the same bill as section 1385 of title 18, the Criminal Code) which reads as follows : "Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances...of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise, to execute the laws, shall be fined not more than $10,000...
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Prevention and Control of Mobs and Riots

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation - 1967 - 132 pages
...Congress, 3rd Session, pages 202, 41, 62-64, 69-71, 79-83. Marshals are prohibited by law from using the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the law. 18 USC 1385. This provision, however, does not prevent the President from using Federal troops...
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Reform of the Federal Criminal Laws: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures - 1971 - 1242 pages
...under circumstances expressly •»thorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses iny part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwue to execute the laws is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor." ; and (2) The analysis at the beginning...
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Military Surveillance of Civilian Politics: A Report of the Subcommittee on ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1973 - 162 pages
...posse comitatus act of 1878 (18 USC Section 1385, which provides fines and criminal penalities for "[w]hoever, except in cases and under circumstances...a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws . . ." This act was passed specifically to end the use of federal troops as informal auxiliaries of...
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The Supreme Court and the Commander in Chief

Clinton Rossiter - 1976 - 260 pages
...federal troops by United States marshals, inter alia, to enforce the Reconstruction Acts. The Act reads, "Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances...of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined not more than $10,000...
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Legislation to Establish Offices of Inspector General: H.R. 8588 : Hearings ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia - 1978 - 560 pages
...Government. II. RECURRING PROBLEMS IN DOD FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS 1. Posse Comitatus Act, 18 USC 1385, provides : "Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances...willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a pr>sse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned...
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Compilation of Intelligence Laws and Related Laws and Executive Orders of ...

United States - 1987 - 546 pages
...UNITED STATES CODE (THE "POSSE COMITATUS ACT") § 1385. Use of Army and Air Force as posse cotnitatus Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly...uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse com itatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not...
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International Law Reports, Volume 61

E. Lauterpacht - 1981 - 732 pages
...appellants to the United States is a violation of 18 USC § 1385. That section provides, in pertinent part : "Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances...uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatua or otherwise to execute the laws [violates this section]." It is the appellants' view that...
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