Presidential Authority: Using the National Guard vs. Invoking the Insurrection Act for Domestic Order Professor John Yoo John Batchelor and Professor John Yoo discuss the President's domestic powers to handle disorder. The Trump administration has utilize

Presidential Authority: Using the National Guard vs. Invoking the Insurrection Act for Domestic Order Professor John Yoo

John Batchelor and Professor John Yoo discuss the President's domestic powers to handle disorder. The Trump administration has utilized the state-organized National Guard, respecting states' rights. Yoo notes that a more serious step—using regular armed forces, such as the 101st Airborne Division, under the Insurrection Act to restore general law and order—has not yet been invoked.
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