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The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law [1] that empowers the president of the United States to deploy the U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops within the United States in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, or rebellion.
Violations of the Embargo Act of 1807 around Lake Champlain. [2] Violations continue, act repealed in 1809. [3] February 10, 1831 Andrew Jackson: Dispute around Arkansas-Mexico border. [4] Resolved before troops sent. [1] August 24, 1831 Slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia. [5] Rebellion suppressed. [6] January 28, 1834
Legal scholars at the Brennan Center for Justice have stated that the ruling has the effect of allowing the President to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 freely as it is within presidential authority to determine what constitutes an ‘insurrection’, ‘rebellion’, ‘domestic violence’, or other exigency that may require military forces.
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The best-known use of the Insurrection Act was in 1957, when President Dwight Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard and sent the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock to integrate ...
The Insurrection Act contains three triggers for military deployment. The first is relatively uncontroversial because it requires a state to explicitly request military assistance to suppress an ...
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