Pentagon Illegally Usurps Law Enforcement Powers
Pentagon Unconstitutionally Expands Military’s Domestic Role
(Give them an inch… The price of liberty is eternal vigilance! - DD)
The Department of Defense recently reissued Directive 5240.01, expanding its scope to allow the use of military assistance in domestic law enforcement, particularly in situations deemed as national security threats. This revision to the directive, allowing for military intervention—albeit with prior high-level approval—raises significant concerns about fundamental liberties and the encroachment of the federal government in areas traditionally protected from military influence by the Posse Comitatus Act. These developments pose a direct challenge to the principles of limited federal power and the sovereignty of states like Texas.
This expansion of military powers underlines the ongoing federal overreach that the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM) has consistently highlighted as a detriment to Texan independence. The revision of DoD Directive 5240.01 can be interpreted as yet another example of the federal government’s failure to respect state sovereignty and individual freedoms—a failure that TEXIT aims to rectify. The TNM views this as an escalation in the federal government’s disregard for…