07 October 2025 - Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act: what is it and how does it work?
What is the Insurrection Act?
Zachary B. Wolf (CNN, 07/10/2025)
President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word “insurrection” more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland.
Trump Insurrection act: What is it? What will happen if Donald Trump implements the Act?
(The Economic Times, 07/10/2025)
U.S. President Donald Trump administration has ordered National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, and to Chicago to suppress protests and bolster immigration enforcement.
Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act
Irie Sentner (Politico, 06/10/2025)
President Donald Trump on Monday said he would consider using the Insurrection Act to deploy the military if federal courts prevented him from deploying the National Guard to protect federal buildings and conduct law enforcement operations.
Donald Trump threatens to invoke 200-year-old Insurrection Act to deploy troops
James Politi (Financial Times, 07/10/2025)
Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deploy troops to American cities, intensifying a stand-off with Democratic-led states resisting his use of the military on US soil.
Official Presidential Portrait of President Donald J. Trump by Daniel Torok. Wikipedia.
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