[SmokingJoe]

He does have the power. Not sure how old you are or if you remember this:

LBJ sends federal troops to Alabama to protect a civil rights march

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lbj-sends-federal-troops-to-alabama

Been done 5 times including by Herbert Hoover, Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon.

[4yearlurker]

I remember after about 3-4 days of the Rodney King riots Bush sent in “Federal Marshals.”