This is hardly the first time the question has come up, but it is currently making the rounds again in Democratic circles and in the legacy media. (But I repeat myself.) At issue is Donald Trump’s stated intention to deploy federal troops on American soil to handle emergency situations. This is primarily a scaremongering tactic intended to dissuade persuadable voters from throwing their support behind Trump’s efforts to return to the White House in January. There is a prime example of this phenomenon in the Boston Globe this weekend, where Charlie Savage pens an ominous article about a dystopian future, leading off with a dark photograph of a line of anonymous troops in riot gear staring down a group of cowering citizens on a city street. But what precisely is Trump planning to do with these troops and would such an order even be legal or constitutional? Let’s take a deeper look…
Trump and Posse Comitatus vs the Insurrection Act – HotAir
