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Originally Posted by vegasX5
Wow I had no idea this was illegal! Who is the prison term for - the soldiers or the people who deployed them?? It seems like it shouldn't be hard to find out who authorized them to be there but I'll bet it will take a lot of digging and cutting through red tape getting to the bottom of it!
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You had no idea it was illegal to deploy US soldiers as police forces in states? 
Look up post-reconstruction. Been a law since 1878. I'd imagine punishment is for the person who dictated the deployment, however officers take an oath to defend the constitution... 
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"I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God." (DA Form 71, 1 August 1959, for officers.)
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http://www.history.army.mil/faq/oaths.htm
Posse Comitatus Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An unwavering defender of those I see worth protecting.
"promote the general welfare, not provide the general welfare"
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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