[skimbell]

Actually, according to Article IV Section 4 of the US Constitution, this situation is pretty much right in Trumps wheelhouse.

Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.

[Starboard]

Thanks for that citation.

Please see my #57.

[indthkr]

If the force occupying Seattle is violating the constitutional rights of the people inside the their zone of control, then I would assume that legally, order should be restored.

Also, elected authorities presiding over the uprising may be in violation of their oath (at a minimum), and the city government legally liable.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
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Has the executive or the legislature made such application?
If not the President can patiently wait until such application is received.