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To: DoodleDawg

“There is numerous federal laws that allows the president to act under those circumstances.”

It sounds like you are saying there are numerous circumstances where a president can send in federal troops without the request of a governor.

This is quite different from your earlier claim: “They’re not going anywhere. They can’t be deployed unless the governor requests federal troops and he isn’t going to.”


74 posted on 05/31/2020 12:46:06 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: jeffersondem
It sounds like you are saying there are numerous circumstances where a president can send in federal troops without the request of a governor.

And there have been from as early as the Militia Act of 1792 through the federal laws that Eisenhower used - Title 10, Chapter 15, § 332 through § 334 - and no doubt laws passed later than that. All grant the President the power to act when the local authorities refuse to or actively block federal law.

This is quite different from your earlier claim: “They’re not going anywhere. They can’t be deployed unless the governor requests federal troops and he isn’t going to.”

Well if you can point me to what federal law or what Supreme Court decision that the Governor of Minnesota is refusing to enforce or is blocking the enforcement of then I might agree you have a point. Otherwise you're comparing apples and oranges.

76 posted on 05/31/2020 1:19:32 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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