control of the federal troops. the southern states were legally part of the union again but only because they had lost the war. and so they were also kind of occupied territories. and they hated it. after years of the reconstruction era of the southern state capitals being occupied by federal troops after the civil war, white southern lawmakers used a series of political machinations that would make a senator blush to wrangle through congress at the time a law to basically get those federal troops, those hated yankee union troops out of the south. from and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful to employ any part of the army of the united states as a posse comitatus. that last part is latin. posse comitatus means power of the county. and throughout history, going back to england, it refers to the county government. specifically the county sheriff as the supreme law of the land. our posse comitatus act in 1878 said federal horses could no longer essentially sup
and so they were also kind of occupied territories. and they hated it. after years of the reconstruction era of the southern state capitals being occupied by federal troops after the civil war, white southern lawmakers used a series of political machinations that would make a senator blush to wrangle through congress at the time a law to basically get those federal troops, those hated yankee union troops out of the south. from and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful to employ any part of the army of the united states as a posse comitatus. that last part is latin. posse comitatus means power of the county. and throughout history, going back to england, it refers to the county government. specifically the county sheriff as the supreme law of the land. our posse comitatus act in 1878 said federal horses could no longer essentially supplant local authorities in the south. they could no longer supplant local authorities in handling law enforcement and the protec
in the years after the civil war the southern states were still far from folded back into the union. they were still under the control of the federal troops. the southern states were legally part of the union again but only because they had lost the war. and so they were also kind of occupied territories. and they hated it. after years of the reconstruction era of the southern state capitals being occupied by federal troops after the civil war, white southern lawmakers used a series of political machinations that would make a senator blush to wrangle through congress at the time a law to basically get those federal troops, those hated yankee union troops out of the south. from and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful to employ any part of the army of the united states as a posse comitatus. that last part is latin. posse comitatus means power of the county. and throughout history, going back to england, it refers to the county government. specifically the cou