WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump says he’d consider invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 to fight crime and battle protesters in Democratic-controlled cities. “I’d do it if it was necessary," if ...

"The Insurrection Act was actually passed in 1807, signed by Jefferson," said Laura I. Appleman, a law professor at Willamette University College of Law. "It essentially says that the president under ...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's warning that he would deploy the United States military to any state that refuses to take aggressive action against rioting rests on a longstanding presidential ...

When Americans talk about sending troops into a city, they are usually talking about the Insurrection Act. Congress first passed the Militia Acts in 1792, authorizing call-ups; the specific ...

As blue cities push back on President Donald Trump’s tactic of deploying the National Guard to fight crime, the Trump administration has floated the idea of using the Insurrection Act to justify ...

The Winter 2026 issue focuses on the crisis of US democracy and how it might be resolved.

The president has mused for years about using the 1807 law to deploy the military. President Donald Trump has been itching to use the Insurrection Act since the George Floyd protests in 2020. But he’s ...

U.S. President Donald Trump accurately relayed that half of U.S. presidents have invoked the Insurrection Act. Rating: False (About this rating?) Context: Trump said "almost" 50% of U.S. presidents ...

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens said she plans to introduce legislation next week that would prevent President Donald Trump from unilaterally deploying active-duty military forces within the United States ...

President Donald Trump said he could legally invoke the Insurrection Act to tackle violent crime in Chicago and urged Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to "beg for help," intensifying the long-running ...

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Briefing Room at the White House, on June 27, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Not long ago, when President Donald Trump ...