Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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How much power does the president really have to use the military within the United States? The Insurrection Act, first passed in 1807, has shaped how presidents respond to rebellion, unrest, and civil rights crises for over two centuries. From George Washington’s Whiskey Rebellion to the Civil Rights Movement and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, discover how this law continues to raise big questions about executive power and federal authority.

Learn more: billofrightsinstitute.org/current-events/trumps-threat-to-invoke-insurrection-act-escalates-showdown-with-democratic-cities

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