President Donald Trump has publicly contemplated invoking a law that would allow him to use the military for almost unlimited domestic law enforcement nationwide in response to at times violent protests in Los Angeles over immigration crackdowns.
Experts said use of the more than two-centuries-old Insurrection Act in this circumstance would have no direct comparison in the country’s history, and Democrats and experts said is not needed to respond to what is happening on the streets of L.A.
During an Oval Office event Tuesday, Trump told reporters that there were several times Monday he could have invoked the Insurrection Act over unrest in Los Angeles.
