- The Insurrection Act
As far as I know, Trump is not citing the Insurrection Act. Just federal police power. “I’m trying to help.” But that’s no good. Tyranny (unconstitutional federal acts) that’s “friendly” quickly becomes tyranny that destroys.
-Segregated public schools
Segregated public schools are unconstitutional because the 14th amendment forbids states from segregating ex-slaves form other citizens, so the use of the feds to enforce it is perfectly valid.
But in the meantime, of course, the 1964 Civil Rights Act took the feds further off of the constitutional rails than FDR did previously.
So what? Does anyone care if it’s constitutional? If they understood what’s at stake, they would.
There are countless tyrants just drooling for the chance to use Trump’s “good intentions” and use the precedent to crush us as just as Khrushchev said they would.
Most people writing on the subject assert that POTUS is using the Insurrection Act to justify sending forces where there has been a breakdown of civil authority. I think that he is trying to leverage that act to get the mayors & Governors to request the help of the Federal Government so that he does not have to use the act. POTUS is very cognizant of the primacy of State control within the State. OTOH there is a breakdown of law & order and he is duty bound to address that situation if the local authorities do not. The language of his oath is shall
https://www.voanews.com/usa/white-house-says-trump-prepared-invoke-insurrection-act