Domingo Soto: Because Freedom Isn't Dumb

MOVE TO CHANGE POSSE COMITATUS ACT IS WRONGHEADED
The Posse Comitatus Act is no barrier to federal troops providing logistical support during natural disasters. Nor does it prohibit the president from using the army to restore order in extraordinary circumstances--even over the objection of a state governor.
What it does is set a high bar for the use of federal troops in a policing role. That reflects America's traditional distrust of using standing armies to enforce order at home, a distrust that's well-justified.
(CATO)