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The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits Federal military personnel from acting as law enforcement officials in the US. The law was passed on June 18,1878 and updated in 1981.

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What Act prohibits Federal military personnel from acting as law enforcement officials inside the US without direct approval from the Constitution or Congress.?

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