Understood. I’m not a lawyer but I know that President Trump is nothing if not thorough, and he is great at anticipating remonstrances to his decisions, both real and concocted.
The chief clause of the Insurrection Act, in its original 1807 wording (which has been thoroughly updated since to reflect modern legalese), reads:
An Act authorizing the employment of the land and naval forces of the United States, in cases of insurrections -
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases of insurrection, or obstruction to the laws, either of the United States, or of any individual state or territory, where it is lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia for the purpose of suppressing such insurrection, or of causing the laws to be duly executed, it shall be lawful for him to employ, for the same purposes, such part of the land or naval force of the United States, as shall be judged necessary, HAVING FIRST OBSERVED ALL THE PREREQUISITES OF THE LAW IN THAT RESPECT (emphasis mine).
Pelosi and gang went after him for imaginary crimes so it’s reasonable that he’d want to make sure that he followed the letter of the law and made sure he had satisfied all the prerequisites for the IA’s invocation, whether or not my reading or your reading suggests it was necessary. It’s in the Act, so he made sure he did it so they couldn’t play gotcha and invalidate his invocation on that point alone.
I see your reasoning. And if he does or has already invoked it, the sons of lady dogs in the House can’t do anything about it. The NDAA that he signed had some kind of clause or whatever it’s called that required POTUS to certify, I think that’s the word, with Congress before invoking the Act. If I got it wrong hopefully someone will correct me, so if he signed it, he must not have observed that stupid new addition. Hopefully someone will correct this.
:: where it is lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia for the purpose of suppressing such insurrection, ::
Hmmmm,
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Be prepared, Patriots.