Democrat leaders have pushed back against President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., arguing that the move oversteps his authority.
The Washington Times reported that legal scholars say the Insurrection Act of 1807 gives the president broad power to deploy troops under certain conditions.
John Yoo, a law professor at UC Berkeley, explained that Trump invoked his authority to protect federal facilities and personnel, a rationale upheld previously by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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