By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Oct. 6 said he may consider invoking the Insurrection Act in Portland, Oregon, if necessary. “So far, it hasn’t been necessary. But we have an Insurrection Act for a reason,” he told reporters in the Oval Office on Oct. 6. “If I had to enact it, I‘d do […]
Tag: The Insurrection Act of 1807
The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law that empowers the President of the United States to deploy U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops within the United States in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection and rebellion.