Trump Cites Insurrection Act for Military Deployments | JQJO

Aboard Air Force One, President Trump said he could deploy the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines to U.S. cities under the Insurrection Act — asserting courts “wouldn’t get involved” — but added he hasn’t found it necessary. He praised National Guard deployments in Washington, D.C., and Memphis as driving down crime, even as Chicago, D.C., Illinois, California and Oregon have sued over such actions. A legal expert noted the Posse Comitatus Act’s limits and the Insurrection Act’s rare use; the last invocation was in 1992 during the Los Angeles riots.