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>> Isn't there something in the constitution about that? Yes, "The Congress shall have Power...To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of
by rufus_foreman 1y ago
>> Isn't there something in the constitution about that?
Yes, "The Congress shall have Power...To provide for calling forth the Militia to
execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions".
One of the ways Congress has done that was to pass the Insurrection Act, which was the legal basis for President Eisenhower to send 1,000 paratroopers from the 101st Airborne in to Little Rock, Arkansas in order to force racial integration of a high school.
The same act was used by JFK 3 times for similar purposes, 3 times by LBJ to suppress riots and civil unrest, by Reagan to suppress a prison riot, and by George H. W. Bush to deal with looting in the Virgin Islands after a hurricane, and to suppress riots in L.A. after the acquittal in the Rodney King beating trial.
There's also the 3rd Amendment quartering of troops restriction, so if you live in Portland, you won't have to let the troops stay at your house unless you want to, unless Trump declares war.