President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to use military forces in order to quell civil disturbances. To learn about the legality and use of this Insurrection Act we talk ...

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As Congress proclaimed two decades ago, 1807’s “Insurrection Act” and other laws “grant the President broad powers that may be invoked in the event of domestic emergencies … specifically ...

In furtherance of this provision, Congress enacted legislation, most notably the Insurrection Act of 1807, which empowers the president “to suppress, in any State, any insurrection, domestic ...

The pre-Civil War Insurrection Act of 1807 gives a president broad authority to deploy military forces, including the National Guard, to protect the Constitution and constitutional rights ...

Trump could rely on state-led National Guardsmen, however, or attempt to sidestep Posse Comitatus altogether through the Insurrection Act of 1807. But this would be an extreme move that's sure to ...

The issue hinges on two 19th century laws: the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 and the Insurrection Act of 1807. When properly understood, both allow the President to use active-duty military forces ...