"President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act on Thursday to quell protests against the federal occupation of the Twin Cities, a move that would allow him to send in the military over Minnesota's opposition. Masked immigration officers are currently rampaging through Minneapolis and St. Paul, brutalizing protesters and arresting individuals on the basis of race, drawing widespread opposition from local leaders and communities."
"These statutes carry into force Congress' constitutional power to provide for the "calling forth of the militia"-and then later, the military-to suppress insurrection, to repel invasion, or "execute the laws of the Union." The idea was that Congress should be able to allow the president, in very narrow but important circumstances, to use military force as a backup when civilian order and civilian law enforcement has broken down."
President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to send federal troops into the Twin Cities to suppress protests over a federal occupation. Masked immigration officers have used force in Minneapolis and St. Paul, arresting protesters and drawing widespread local opposition. The Insurrection Act traces to 1792 and implements Congress's power to call forth the militia and later the military to suppress insurrection, repel invasion, or execute the laws of the Union. The law was intended for narrow circumstances when civilian order collapses, but its text is broad and its invocation risks military intervention against domestic protests and First Amendment activity.
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