National Guard troops being trained for civil unrest

A good friend of mine mentioned that National Guard troops are being trained to handle civil unrest due to depressing economic conditions.

Is it also possible that the Posse Comitatus Act, the 1878 federal law passed after Reconstruction to prevent federal troops from conducting domestic law enforcement, is going to be repealed or modified? Not really sure if there is work being done on this, but in light of National Guard troops being trained, how soon before federal and military troops are being used?

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Posted on: February 27, 2009 10:00 AM

national gaurd is state not federal. otherwise they could not be used during natural disasters like Katrina where they provided security.

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Posted by: James (Author)
Posted on: February 27, 2009 10:18 AM

But the National Guard can be federalized by the President.

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