The Insurrection Act Explained

[LiberalArkie]

April 21, 2022


The Insurrection Act needs a major overhaul. Originally enacted in 1792, the law grants the president the authority to deploy the U.S. military domestically and use it against Americans under certain conditions. While there are rare circumstances in which such authority might be necessary, the law, which has not been meaningfully updated in over 150 years, is dangerously overbroad and ripe for abuse.

What is the Insurrection Act?

The Insurrection Act authorizes the president to deploy military forces inside the United States to suppress rebellion or domestic violence or to enforce the law in certain situations. The statute implements Congress’s authority under the Constitution to “provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions.” It is the primary exception to the Posse Comitatus Act, under which federal military forces are generally barred from participating in civilian law enforcement activities.

Although it is often referred to as the “Insurrection Act of 1807,” the law is actually an amalgamation of different statutes enacted by Congress between 1792 and 1871. Today, these provisions occupy Sections 251 through 255 in Title 10 of the United States Code.


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https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/insurrection-act-explained

[Farmer-Rick]

1. Good to know but ..... There is no rule of law anymore

Pedo Trump and his drug monkey Musk don't care what the law says and how it's supposed to be used. They aren't following laws or the US Constitution. And the Nazis and suckers on the Supreme Court are not only letting them do whatever, they are helping them.

So even if the act was more specific and well defined, pedo Trump and his drug monkey would use it however they want. Do people really think the pedo and the monkey are concerned about following the law???????

Just wait until they figure out how to stop the pay of judges who don't do as they are told. Yeah, that's clearly in the US Constitution too but it doesn't matter.

Geez, how did we get such pathetic, stupid, smelly and ugly people in almost all positions of power in the federal government? I think this is the best representation of the filthy-rich in the US. The filthy-rich are just like the pedo and his drug monkey - disgusting, dirty perverts, all of them.

As the pedo said, not to worry, we won't have to vote ever again.

[David__77]

2. The laws basically allow nearly unlimited presidential rule.

Aside from a blip of laws after Watergate there’s been no desire to change this in the leadership of either party.