Donald Trump’s Insurrection Act Threat Sparks Dire Warnings from Critics
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President Donald Trump ’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minnesota has sparked warnings from Trump critics. Trump has several times threatened to invoke the 1807 act, a federal law that allows the president to deploy the military and National Guard to quell unrest, such as an insurrection or rebellion, or to enforce the law in certain situations. Critics have long worried that invoking the act would consolidate federal power and give Trump more leeway to use the
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