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fromPoynter
5 days ago

Trump misleads on presidents' use of the Insurrection Act and his own 'unquestioned power' - Poynter

The Insurrection Act has been invoked 30 times by 17 presidents, is rarely used, and does not give the president unquestioned power.
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fromAbove the Law
6 days ago

No, Your Honor, I Didn't Call You That, I Was Talking About, Um, Bundt Cake - Above the Law

Courts reinforced limits on abusive judicial insults; FASORP dropped its lawsuit against Michigan Law Review; some analysts normalize potential Insurrection Act abuse amid Trump rhetoric.
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fromTruthout
1 week ago

Trump Wrongly Claims He Can Invoke Insurrection Act to Shut Down Courts

President Trump threatened to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act to deploy military forces to San Francisco, claiming it grants "unquestioned power."
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

Trump administration can deploy National Guard in Portland, appeals court says

The Ninth Circuit granted a stay allowing the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops to Portland while the appeal of a lower-court block proceeds.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Trump again suggests sending troops to San Francisco. Local officials call Trump 'chaos' unnecessary

President Trump suggested deploying federal troops to San Francisco, called the city 'woke' and raised the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act.
#national-guard
fromAxios
3 weeks ago
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"Insurrectionists": Trump blasts Democrats over shutdown, immigration

fromAxios
3 weeks ago
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Trump floats Insurrection Act use amid National Guard standoff with states

fromAxios
3 weeks ago
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"Insurrectionists": Trump blasts Democrats over shutdown, immigration

fromAxios
3 weeks ago
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Trump floats Insurrection Act use amid National Guard standoff with states

#national-guard-deployment
fromsfist.com
1 week ago
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Trump Says National Guard Is Coming to San Francisco Next, May Use Insurrection Act

fromsfist.com
1 week ago
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Trump Says National Guard Is Coming to San Francisco Next, May Use Insurrection Act

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fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

San Francisco DA Warns National Guard They Can't Beat On People And Get Away With It - Above the Law

Cities and local officials are prepared to legally resist federal deployment of troops, preserving states' rights and refusing to accede to excessive federal force.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Trump keeps name-checking the Insurrection Act. It could give him extraordinary powers

There are few laws President Trump name-checks more frequently than the Insurrection Act. A 200-year-old constellation of statutes, the act grants emergency powers to thrust active-duty soldiers into civilian police duty, something otherwise barred by federal law. Trump and his team have threatened to invoke it almost daily for weeks - most recently on Monday, after a reporter pressed the president about his escalating efforts to dispatch federalized troops to Democrat-led cities.
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#posse-comitatus-act
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fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Adios, Tokyo - See Also - Above the Law

O'Melveny & Myers winds down Tokyo office after 40 years; media must cautiously cover Trump's Insurrection Act signals; alt-right lawyer fired for racist group-chat messages.
#domestic-military-deployment
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fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

What Does Donald Trump's "War from Within" Mean in Practice?

Use of the military for political ends, including invoking the Insurrection Act, risks politicizing the armed forces and gives the president almost unlimited powers.
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fromThe Nation
2 weeks ago

Trump's Vendetta Prosecution of Letitia James Is a New Low

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a leader in legal resistance to Trump, has been indicted on at least one mortgage fraud count amid apparent politically motivated prosecution.
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

Trump Weighs Invoking Insurrection Act Over Protests He Doesn't Like

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the extremely consequential new Supreme Court term beginning this week, the facts on the ground and the legal questions at play behind Trump's escalating deployments of troops to US cities, and the likely legal defeat of state bans on conversion therapy. Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern for Amicus (Slate Podcast): This Will Be Trump's Best Term at the Supreme Court Yet (audio episode, 1:03:30)
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fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Polling Shows Americans Reject Trump's Threat to Militarize US Cities

A majority of voters, 58 percent, said presidents should only send military forces to cities that face external threats. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to U.S. President Donald Trump during a roundtable discussion in the State Dining Room of the White House on October 8, 2025.Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Two sets of recent polling data demonstrate that Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's actions in office so far - particularly his mobilization of the National Guard in U.S. cities.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Jesse Watters Thanks Trump for Being a De Facto Fox News Producer'

Jesse Watters credited President Trump for creating Fox News-friendly content via an Antifa roundtable and suggested the Insurrection Act might be needed.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Donald Trump is considering invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy National Guard troops to major cities to address crime.
#trump
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago
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Trump Calls for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to Be Put "in Jail"

fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago
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Trump is deliberately ratcheting up violence in Los Angeles | Moustafa Bayoumi

Trump's potential invocation of the Insurrection Act raises concerns about military involvement in civilian law enforcement.
The administration is escalating violence to rationalize greater repression.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 months ago
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Could Trump invoke Insurrection Act and what powers would that give him?

Trump is unlikely to declare martial law on April 20 due to legal limitations.
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago
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Trump Calls for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to Be Put "in Jail"

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fromTruthout
3 weeks ago

Trump May Invoke Insurrection Act to Override Courts That Block His National Guard Orders

President Trump said he might invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy federal troops to cities including Portland and Chicago despite legal challenges.
fromAxios
3 weeks ago

How Trump could use the Insurrection Act to send troops to American cities

Trump said Monday in the Oval Office he hasn't needed to use the Insurrection Act - "so far." But, he added, "we have an Insurrection Act for a reason." He continued, "If people were being killed, and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I'd do that."
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

What is Insurrection Act, could it help Trump deploy troops to US cities?

President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to US cities amid Portland protests and legal blocks to his immigration enforcement.
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Trump considers invoking Insurrection Act to send troops to Portland

U.S. President Donald Trump is considering invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to Democratic-run cities if judges bar him from activating the National Guard, as he intends to do to provide security on the streets of Chicago and Portland, he said Monday, as tensions escalate over the deployment orders. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump compared the situation in Portland, the largest city in the state of Oregon, to an insurrection. Portland is on fire. Portland's been on fire for years, he asserted.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act as Bondi faces Senate US politics live

Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy more troops into Democrat-led cities. We have an insurrection act for a reason. If I had to enact it I would do that, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, adding, if people were being killed and courts were holding us up or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure I would do that.
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#ice-protests
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago
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JB Pritzker Accuses Federal Agents of 'Inciting' Chicago's Residents to Violence

Governor Pritzker says federal deployments to Chicago incite chaos and provide a pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy military troops.
fromwww.dw.com
4 months ago
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US: Donald Trump makes broad use of presidential powers DW 06/11/2025

Protests in Los Angeles over ICE operations have escalated, leading to the deployment of Marines by President Trump.
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fromwww.dw.com
4 months ago

US: Donald Trump makes broad use of presidential powers DW 06/11/2025

Protests in Los Angeles over ICE operations have escalated, leading to the deployment of Marines by President Trump.
fromAbove the Law
4 months ago

An Arrest By Any Other Name Would Smell As Much A Violation Of The Posse Comitatus Act - Above the Law

As the commanding officer leading the Marine detachment explained, 'They do not do any arrest, they are strictly there to detain, to wait for law enforcement to come and handle those demonstrators.'
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fromThe Washington Post
4 months ago

Trump could give National Guard, Marines more power in L.A. Here's how.

Trump may invoke the Insurrection Act to expand military powers in controlling protests in Los Angeles.
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