Experts told PBS News that worries about the Insurrection Act arise from legal uncertainty about how it can be applied.
When invoked, the Insurrection Act gives the president the authority to deploy the U.S. military or National Guard inside the country to suppress events such as rebellion, insurrection and civil ...
Last week, Trump floated invoking the Insurrection Act at least two times over as many days, saying “we have an Insurrection ...
Trump floated the idea in early October as he considered sending National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon, and repeated it ...
The red sweater appears as if it was purchased yesterday – but it's been more than 200 years since the handmade gift has seen the light of day. Archivists opened parcels from the Anne-Marie cargo ship ...
EASTON -- The nearly full moon was setting as dawn arrived on Dec. 14, 1807. It was Monday, and farmers in what was then Weston were already up tending to their livestock. Suddenly, to the north, a ...
Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...
President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to send the United States military into states if the unrest that has swept multiple U.S. cities continues to grow, citing a 213-year-old law, the ...
The 1807 law, which allows the military to conduct civilian law enforcement activities under certain circumstances, hasn’t ...
On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern border. The order requires both the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of ...
Donald Trump, according to rumors circulating online, will announce martial law after invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 on April 20. President Donald Trump, according to rumors circulating online, ...
NPR's Michel Martin talks with Elizabeth Goitein, who codirects the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty & National Security Program, about the 1807 Insurrection Act and presidential emergency powers.