Responding to concerns that President Donald Trump could use the Insurrection Act to deploy troops domestically, Congressman ...

Federal and state officials have declared martial law 68 times in the past, such as in Hawaii following the Japanese attack ...

It seems clear that Trump is attempting to tighten his authoritarian vise grip on the American people, and the nation’s ...

The Insurrection Act has been used by past presidents to deploy troops within the U.S. in response to crises like the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the immediate ...

Trump was asked by ABC News if he's prepared to use the 1807 Insurrection Act to curb protests against his immigration crackdown in Los Angeles. His answer: "It depends." ...

The Insurrection Act is broadly written and does not define terms such as “insurrection” or “rebellion.” In 1827, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the authority to decide whether a ...

April 20 is the 90-day deadline. Invoking the Insurrection Act would allow Trump to direct federal military personnel to enforce federal law at the U.S. southern border.

Trump has floated invoking the Insurrection Act. It’s only been done a handful of times in modern history. Trump has already deployed thousands of National Guard troops — and hundreds of Marines.

The Insurrection Act's terms are so broad and vague that the statute arguably allows the president to deploy "the militia or the armed forces" at will in response to nearly any form of domestic ...

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, ...

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 ...