A political analyst says there are \u00cb\u0153obscure laws\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 in the United States that allow the president and the military to quell any form of domestic protest, Press TV<\/b> reports.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cI\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m sure that there are obscure laws in our history that allow the president or the military to deploy to quell domestic confrontations or protests, but also history in our country of the United States has said that the military is to be outside of any domestic protestation that takes place on American soil,\u201d Tighe Barry, a member of CODEPINK from Washington, told Press TV on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cI think it\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s a very good possibility [for a military coup] because we see the way they twist and turn the laws of our nation,\u201d Barry stated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A recent instruction by the US Department of Defense alters the code applying to the military, and allows American forces to suppress domestic protestations that take place on the country\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s soil without any prior authorization from the White House.<\/p>\n
The instruction, which was initially issued in February, outlines the Defense Department\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s policy regarding the \u00c5\u201csupport to Federal, State, tribal, and local civilian law enforcement agencies, including responses to civil disturbances within the United States.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The proposed policy change essentially seeks to replace Posse Comitatus Act, which was signed into law in 1878, and prohibits the military\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s involvement in domestic law enforcement \u00c5\u201cexcept in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Under the Insurrection Act of 1807, the US president would deploy armed forces domestically under extreme circumstances, but the Congress has to review the action every 14 days.\n<\/p>\n
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