Trump has not invoked the Insurrection Act, which is the main legal tool a president can use to activate the military or ...

Legal experts regard the act as a major exception ... raising concerns that he could invoke an 1807 law called the Insurrection Act to quell the protests. “The people who are causing the ...

Donald Trump has deployed National Guard troops to California following two days of protests against immigration raids.

Whether our institutions can withstand this assault may determine whether American democracy emerges from this crisis intact.

Among these recommendations may be the invocation of the Insurrection Act of 1807. When President ... and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers. Martial law may continue ...

President Donald Trump arrives at a swearing in ceremony for Dr. Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday ...

Trump's effort to use the military to quell protests received pushback for his staff during his first administration. Now ...

Currently, there are discussions circulating that President Donald Trump may plan to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 ... and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers.

As a reminder, the 1798 act says: Whenever there is a declared ... Civil Liberties Union lawyers who brought the suit called the implications of Trump’s position “staggering.” ...

Invoking the Insurrection Act would not create what is commonly understood as martial law, legal experts said. Legal experts said they don’t see a clear path for Trump to lawfully implement ...

A report assessing the U.S.-Mexico border situation and potentially recommending invoking the Insurrection Act is due to President ... and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military ...