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fromLos Angeles Times
5 days 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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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

How Many Court Cases Can Trump Lose in a Single Week?

Donald Trump faces repeated judicial setbacks as courts rebuke executive overreach while his approval ratings remain historically low.
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