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To: lastchance
Conditions for Domestic Deployment (Insurrection Act)

The Insurrection Act provides several scenarios where the president can deploy federal troops domestically:

Request by a State Official:

The president can deploy troops at the request of a state's governor or legislature to suppress an insurrection within that state.

Insurrection Against Federal Authority:

The president can deploy troops to suppress a rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States.

Enforcing Federal Law or Protecting Rights:

The president can deploy troops when federal laws are obstructed by unlawful combinations or conspiracies, preventing them from being enforced by ordinary means, or to protect civil rights when a state is unable or unwilling to do so.

Source--Google AI

16 posted on 08/26/2025 6:48:18 PM PDT by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union just to get a job loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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To: 4Runner

But that is not what Trump’s EO references. Or did my sleep deprived brain miss that?


21 posted on 08/26/2025 7:20:46 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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