Type of trial - Debate

[John E.]

Thanks Rob, I appreciate the reply.

Besides the period during the Civil War, has the military ever been used in a law enforcement capacity to your knowledge? Did the National Detective Police have the right to go to any state to apprehend criminals and under what conditions? Did their authority trump that of local state authority ? Who would answer to who? For National Detective Police to be involved, did a Federal crime have to be committed?

Fascinating stuff. If I understand correctly, the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 put an end to the military being used for law enforcement. This doesn't pertain to the National Guard or Coast Guard.