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  2. Posse Comitatus Act - Wikipedia

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    The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes that limits the powers of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.

  3. Citizen's arrest - Wikipedia

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    A citizen's arrest is an arrest made by a private citizen – a person who is not acting as a sworn law-enforcement official. [1] In common law jurisdictions, the practice dates back to medieval England and the English common law , in which sheriffs encouraged ordinary citizens to help apprehend law breakers.

  4. Vigilantism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Lynching was the most common form of vigilantism in the United States with several thousand episodes during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The great majority of victims were African American men in the South. [11] In the 1750s, Gideon Gibson Jr. became a significant landowner in South Carolina. Due to various tax acts, some ...

  5. Gov. Kemp set to repeal Georgia's 1863 citizen's arrest law - AOL

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    Gov. Brian Kemp plans to sign a repeal of Georgia's Civil War-era citizen’s arrest law on Monday, a year after the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man pursued by white men who said they ...

  6. Enforcement Acts - Wikipedia

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    The Enforcement Act of 1871, the third Enforcement Act passed by Congress and also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act (formally, "An Act to enforce the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other Purposes"), made state officials liable in federal court for depriving anyone of their civil rights or ...

  7. Are citizens’ arrests legal in Texas? State law is blurry and ...

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    A citizen’s arrest is the temporary detainment of a person who has committed a crime in their presence, per Delta Bail Bonds. The citizen temporarily detains the suspect until police arrive.

  8. Alien and Sedition Acts - Wikipedia

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    Alien Friends Act of 1798. The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States. [a] The Naturalization Act of 1798 increased the requirements to seek citizenship, the Alien Friends Act of 1798 allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gave the president ...

  9. Enforcement Act of 1870 - Wikipedia

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    The Enforcement Act of 1870, also known as the Civil Rights Act of 1870 or First Ku Klux Klan Act, or Force Act (41st Congress, Sess. 2, ch. 114, 16 Stat. 140, enacted May 31, 1870, effective 1871), is a United States federal law that empowers the President to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States.