Add to ORKGThe federal government’s failure to quickly send active duty troops and other military assets to Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina primarily stems from its narrow interpretation of the Posse Comitatus Act (PCA), which generally bars the use of federal troops for domestic law enforcement. As this chapter explains, the complete breakdown of law and order during a catastrophic emergency such as Hurricane Katrina allows the president to unilaterally deploy federal troops. This authority to deploy federal troops in response to certain natural disasters, in accordance with the PCA and the Constitution, is found in the Insurrection Act, Stafford Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), as we...
The traditional role of the active-duty military force at home is one of support to a civilian Lead ...
In Part I, I catalog the historical context in which the PCA was passed and describe the military ev...
Hurricane Katrina renewed an old debate concerning which level of government should lead the respons...
The federal government’s failure to quickly send active duty troops and other military assets to Lou...
In the days following Hurricane Katrina, as lawlessness and violence spread throughout New Orleans, ...
This article analyzes how the government's blame of the Posse Comitatus Act (PCA) for its late respo...
As the one year anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast passed, the highl...
As the one year anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast passed, the highl...
Hurricane Katrina raised questions concerning the President's legal authority to send active duty mi...
As the federal and state response to Hurricane Katrina demonstrated, a failure to understand and uti...
In much of the recent thought devoted to the role of states in responding to catastrophic public hea...
As the Hurricane Katrina relief effort illustrates, both Governor Blanco and President Bush, like pr...
As Hurricane Katrina demonstrated, federalism can impede the government\u27s ability to plan for and...
As a direct response to the lackadaisical and much criticized federal handling of Hurricane Katrina,...
This article examines the role of the National Guard in enforcing public health mandates in emergenc...
The traditional role of the active-duty military force at home is one of support to a civilian Lead ...
In Part I, I catalog the historical context in which the PCA was passed and describe the military ev...
Hurricane Katrina renewed an old debate concerning which level of government should lead the respons...
The federal government’s failure to quickly send active duty troops and other military assets to Lou...
In the days following Hurricane Katrina, as lawlessness and violence spread throughout New Orleans, ...
This article analyzes how the government's blame of the Posse Comitatus Act (PCA) for its late respo...
As the one year anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast passed, the highl...
As the one year anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast passed, the highl...
Hurricane Katrina raised questions concerning the President's legal authority to send active duty mi...
As the federal and state response to Hurricane Katrina demonstrated, a failure to understand and uti...
In much of the recent thought devoted to the role of states in responding to catastrophic public hea...
As the Hurricane Katrina relief effort illustrates, both Governor Blanco and President Bush, like pr...
As Hurricane Katrina demonstrated, federalism can impede the government\u27s ability to plan for and...
As a direct response to the lackadaisical and much criticized federal handling of Hurricane Katrina,...
This article examines the role of the National Guard in enforcing public health mandates in emergenc...
The traditional role of the active-duty military force at home is one of support to a civilian Lead ...
In Part I, I catalog the historical context in which the PCA was passed and describe the military ev...
Hurricane Katrina renewed an old debate concerning which level of government should lead the respons...