"When asked whether United States President Donald Trump would invoke the Insurrection Act, Vice President JD Vance said this week that Trump is looking at all his options. The decision would allow Trump to deploy the US military domestically for law enforcement purposes without congressional authorisation and over the objections of state governors. list of 4 itemsend of list Vance's October 12 comment on NBC's Meet the Press was just one of many in recent months"
"This 1807 law allows the US president to deploy federal military personnel domestically to suppress rebellion and enforce civilian law. Invoking the Insurrection Act temporarily suspends another US law that forbids federal troops from conducting civilian law enforcement. A president can invoke the law after determining that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the federal government make it impracticable to enforce US law by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the law says."
Donald Trump has considered using the Insurrection Act to deploy federal military forces domestically for law enforcement, with Vice President JD Vance saying Trump is weighing all options to send forces to cities like Portland and Chicago. The Insurrection Act, passed in 1807, allows the president to use federal troops to suppress rebellion or enforce laws when unlawful obstructions or rebellion make ordinary judicial enforcement impracticable. Invoking the act temporarily suspends statutory limits on federal troops conducting civilian law enforcement. The law is broadly written, does not define insurrection or rebellion, and the Supreme Court has long given the president discretion to determine when invocation is justified.
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