Insurrection Act

• Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act to end protests in Minneapolis

  Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the rarely used federal law to deploy the U.S. military or federalize the National Guard for domestic law enforcement.

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  Jan 15
  
• U.S. defence chief opposed to using military amid protests, calls off standby troops

  Defence Secretary Mark Esper said the Insurrection Act should be invoked in the United States "only in the most urgent and dire of situations."

  World

  Jun 3, 2020
  
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• George Floyd: What is the U.S. Insurrection Act of 1807 and what can Trump do with it?

  Trump has urged the governors of states that are seeing particularly tense protests to be more aggressive against demonstrators.

  World

  Jun 2, 2020