If the Trump administration invokes the Insurrection Act, it would be another signal that the Trump and Conservatives hate America. The Insurrection Act grants the president sweeping authority to deploy the military in American cities and bypasses traditional law enforcement. Historically, the military has been kept separate from domestic policing because the founders feared too much executive control over the military inside civilian life. By dangling the threat of activating this old but potent power, Trump is effectively saying that cities and states that resist his will be put down by federal soldiers. Trump has said: “We have an Insurrection Act for a reason … if people were being killed and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I’d do that.” The threat of using it against normal civil-governance processes, in cities led by Democrats sets a dangerous precedent. Legal scholars have noted that the act’s l...
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