The Insurrection Act of 1807 allows the president to deploy military forces inside the U.S. to suppress rebellion or enforce the law in certain situations, Law and policy organization the Brennan ...

Historically, the Insurrection Act of 1807 has only been invoked a handful of times, the most recent of which was when former President George H.W. Bush used it to control the Los Angeles riots of ...

The Insurrection Act is not one piece of legislation; rather, it is the combination of a series of laws enacted by Congress between 1792 and 1871 that specifically address utilizing the military ...

The Insurrection Act states, in part: "Whenever there is an insurrection in any State against its government, the President may, upon the request of its legislature or of its governor if the ...

The Insurrection Act allows the president, at the request of the governor of a state or a state legislature, to federalize that state’s National Guard and to use the active-duty military in ...

The Insurrection Act has not been floated as a way to stop protesters during the 2021 presidential inauguration. Google searches for ‘Insurrection Act’ from January 4-11.

A sitting president has not invoked the Insurrection Act since 1991, when George W. Bush called up the militia to stop the uprising in Los Angeles after the police officers who brutally beat ...

The Insurrection Act has been invoked in response to 30 crises over its history, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, including presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy to ...

The Insurrection Act allows the president, at the request of the governor of a state or a state legislature, to federalize that state's National Guard and to use the active-duty military in order ...

The last time the act was used was in 1992 during the Los Angeles riots. "Depends on whether or not there is an insurrection," Trump replied.

The Insurrection Act allows the president, at the request of the governor of a state or a state legislature, to federalize that state’s National Guard and to use the active-duty military in ...