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From Stephen M Jameson <sjameson@hannibal.atl.ge.com>

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>Please return your article after editing, and I will be happy to post it.
>Thanks.

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>>.........  Could the US President (as C-in-C) order Federal troops to
>>operate within US Territorial borders?  
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[...]
>Of course he can. Lincoln even sent troops into the Maryland State
>legislature to prevent the state from voting for secession. That action
>is considered illegal, but the Civil War has generally been accepted as
>having set the precedent for the right of the President to use the US
>military within the United States.
[...]
>There are other examples; Kennedy sent troops into Alabama in the 60s.

Another example is the time when Douglas MacArthur, as Army Chief of Staff
(early 1930's, I believe), used Federal troops to drive the "Bonus
Expeditionary Force" from Washington.  This was a group of a few thousand WW1
soldiers, many of whom had fought under MacArthur, who, having fallen on hard
economic times, came to Washington, camped on the Mall (I think), and demanded
that Congress provide them with a promised "bonus".  I don't recall the history
or justification of their claim to a "bonus", but MacArthur organized the Army
and drove the (unarmed) men out of the city.

Closer to the present day, look at the LA Riots and the aftermath of Hurricane
Andrew.  Congressional consent was neither sought nor (presumably) required in
these cases. 
--
Steve Jameson                 General Electric Aerospace / Martin Marietta
sjameson@atl.ge.com           Advanced Technology Laboratories
                              Moorestown, New Jersey              
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