To: Non-Sequitur
The 1792 version of the Act required the ncertification of a judge that insurrection was present. This doesn't appear in the 1795 version.
The president is given sole discretion.
Walt
823 posted on
05/03/2003 4:51:46 AM PDT by
WhiskeyPapa
(Be copy now to men of grosser blood and teach them how to war!)
To: WhiskeyPapa
But in neither case was a request from state authorities required. Which made sense since, as in the case of the confederate states, those state authorities were the very leaders of the rebellion.
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