Trump and the Protests

Posted on AllSides June 3rd, 2020

“President Donald Trump’s warning [Monday] that he would deploy the United States military to any state that refuses to take aggressive action against rioting rests on a longstanding presidential power that gives wide latitude to the White House… Legal experts say the president does indeed have the authority under the Insurrection Act of 1807 to dispatch the military in states that are unable to put down an insurrection or are defying federal law.” (AP News)

Also on Monday, “Attorney General William Barr ordered protesters to be cleared from a park...

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