The Insurrection Act – Can the POTUS Deploy the National Guard to America’s Cities?
Could the president declare a “crime emergency” in other American cities to bypass Democratic governors? It remains to be seen. However, one must question whether these governors are protecting their political party or their constituents.
The same situation unfolds every single time that a blue candidate is put into office. The Democrats are so desperate for voters that they are hoping pro-crime policies will convince the people that they are for less government intervention. The truth of the matter is that America’s cities are not safe and local law enforcement does not have the manpower or legal tools to quell the problem.
Insurrection Act, codified at 10 U.S.C. §§ 251–254 does permit the president to deploy federal troops or the National Guard to states. Now, D.C. is not a state and the National Guard answers to the president directly. Trump was easily able to mobilize troops into D.C. after declaring a “crime emergency.” Deploying troops to other states may prove difficult without a specific request from the governor or evidence of a rebellion or denial of civil rights beyond the scope of local authorities.
- 252. Use of militia and armed forces to enforce Federal authority
Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the rebellion.
10 U.S.C. § 252:
Permits the President to deploy troops unilaterally to any state to suppress insurrections, domestic violence, unlawful combinations, or conspiracies that make it impracticable to enforce federal laws. This clause does not require state consent.
10 U.S.C. § 253:
Authorizes deployment to any state where insurrection, domestic violence, or conspiracies result in the deprivation of constitutionally secured rights, and where the state is unable, fails, or refuses to protect those rights. This also does not require state consent. armstrongeconomics.com
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