Honduras: Army 1, President 0

[rah]

I'm not sure that the military is supporting the constitution. Sounds like President Zelaya tried to get a referendum on the ballot. The supreme court said, "tain't legal." The President tried to bypass that decision and the legislature, who also opposed the referendum, by using the Army to distribute the referendum directly to the people. The Army refused and their commander was fired. The legislature then voted a different person as President, and the Army arrested the current President. Apparently, the actions in the previous sentence are beyond their powers in the the current constitution.

If the paragraph above summarizes actions to date, then supporters of DEMOCRACY must support the restoration of Zelaya, the ELECTED President. The referendum will not appear on the ballot, but removal of the Pres must be done legally, not by having the most guns. The coup underway must be undone.

The only thing missing that I read was that the Court ordered the president to reinstate the army commander and he refused.

[Sprayber]

On a related note, it is absolutely hilarious listening to Chavez, Morales and Correa talk about military action

Wasn't he suppose to destroy Columbia or some **** last year? Looks like he is afraid of letting his army get too far away from him.

[Ben Kenobi]

Good for the army.

[Darius871]

In the US the military doesn't have policing powers, that's different in other countries.

What Patty said. You're probably thinking of Posse Comitatus, which is only statutory. The officer's oath has an older and arguably more constitutionally established pedigree, which the SCOTUS would surely take into consideration.