A law first crafted in the nation's infancy would give Trump as commander in chief almost unfettered power to do so, military and legal experts said in a series of interviews.
The principal constraint on the president's use of the Insurrection Act is basically political, that presidents don't want to be the guy who sent tanks rolling down Main Street, said Joseph Nunn, a national security expert with the Brennan Center for Justice.
A spokesman for Trump's campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment about what authority Trump might use to pursue his plans.
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