Boots on the Ground in D.C.
Boots on the Ground in D.C. Photo credit above: Battle of New Orleans, January 1815, National Archives It’s a written law that keeps boots off the ground in the US. It’s called the Posse Comitatus Act. The act or law is a post-Civil War act which prevents the president from using troops or boots on the ground, so to speak, on domestic streets. For law enforcement in the US, we have police at different levels…