Keep the Military Out of American Policing

The Posse Comitatus Act bars federal troops from policing civilians, and a court found the 2025 Los Angeles deployment broke it willfully.

A letter to your members of Congress. Facts checked September 24, 2026.

The explainer behind this letter Posse Comitatus Act The law that bars the military from acting as police

The Letter

Subject Keep the Military Out of American Policing

Soldiers should not police the people they serve. Since 1878 the Posse Comitatus Act has barred federal troops from civilian law enforcement.

In 2025 that line was tested. About 4,000 federalized Guard members and 700 Marines were sent into Los Angeles over the governor's objection. On September 2, 2025, a federal judge found that troops running traffic blockades and crowd control had willfully violated the Act.

The biggest exception to that law is the Insurrection Act, and it has almost no limits. A president can invoke it alone and keep troops deployed with no end date.

Please cosponsor the Insurrection Act of 2025, S. 2070 in the Senate and H.R. 4076 in the House. It would end any deployment under the law after seven days unless Congress votes to approve it, and it would require a deployment to stop if a court finds it breaks the law.

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I am calling to ask the Senator to cosponsor the Insurrection Act of 2025, S. 2070.
The Posse Comitatus Act has barred soldiers from policing civilians since 1878, but its biggest exception, the Insurrection Act, has no time limit.
In 2025 about 4,000 federalized Guard members and 700 Marines were sent into Los Angeles, and a federal judge found the troops willfully violated the Posse Comitatus Act.
S. 2070 would end any Insurrection Act deployment after seven days unless Congress approves it. Please cosponsor it.
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The Facts Behind the Ask

1878 the year the Posse Comitatus Act made it a crime to use the federal military for civilian law enforcement (source)
~4,700 troops sent to Los Angeles in June 2025, about 4,000 federalized Guard plus about 700 Marines, per the court's findings (source)
7 days how long an Insurrection Act deployment could last under S. 2070 unless Congress votes to approve it (source)

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