Insurrection Act: Trump’s Ultimate Card

Moncef Ait-Kaci, 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Enacted in 1807 during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency, the Insurrection Act allows the president to call on the armed forces to restore order when a state is overwhelmed or when federal laws can no longer be enforced through normal means. But its roots go back even further. The first similar laws date from 1792, following uprisings in the ...