- Legal experts worry about presidential abuse of the Insurrection Act. Here's why https://www.npr.org/2024/03/28/1241141939/insurrection-act 18 comments politics
- Maloney Introduces Insurrection Financing Transparency Act https://maloney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/maloney-introduces-insurrection-financing-transparency-act 3 comments politics
- Tom Cotton Is Wrong About the Insurrection Act https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/tom-cotton-is-wrong-about-the-insurrection-act.html 21 comments politics
- Esper Says He Opposes Using Insurrection Act on Protesters https://news.yahoo.com/esper-says-opposes-using-insurrection-151104194.html 4 comments politics
- Defense Secretary: 'I Do Not Support Invoking The Insurrection Act' https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-esper-insurrection-act-trump_n_5ed7b332c5b6489c7fdd26ef 13 comments politics
- Pentagon chief does not support invoking Insurrection Act https://thehill.com/policy/defense/500877-us-defense-chief-does-not-support-invoking-insurrection-act 7 comments politics
- Pentagon chief does not support invoking Insurrection Act https://thehill.com/policy/defense/500877-us-defense-chief-does-not-support-invoking-insurrection-act 41 comments politics
- Trump Considering Move to Invoke Insurrection Act https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/trump-considering-move-to-invoke-insurrection-act/2319333/ 12 comments politics
- Update: Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act to suppress national unrest https://www.ajc.com/news/fires-burn-capital-another-round-violent-george-floyd-protests/wod3akx8yqeybccqclkhnk/?correctedtitle=true 29 comments politics
- UPDATE: Trump invokes Insurrection Act to suppress national unrest https://www.ajc.com/news/fires-burn-capital-another-round-violent-george-floyd-protests/wod3akx8yqeybccqclkhnk/ 67 comments worldnews
- Trump considering a move to invoke Insurrection Act https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-considering-move-invoke-insurrection-act-n1221326 16 comments politics
- Trump considering a move to invoke Insurrection Act https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-considering-move-invoke-insurrection-act-n1221326 12 comments worldnews
- Trump considering a move to invoke Insurrection Act https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-considering-move-invoke-insurrection-act-n1221326 153 comments politics
- 'A naked act of insurrection' | San Antonio and Texas leaders react to protesters swarming the U.S. Capitol https://www.kens5.com/article/news/politics/san-antonio-area-and-texas-leaders-react-to-protests-at-the-us-capitol/273-61281f69-c9fd-42bf-8a2f-edf7e9d6356f 14 comments politics
- House votes to curtail Insurrection Act powers https://thehill.com/policy/defense/508197-house-votes-to-curtail-insurrection-act-powers 6 comments politics
- Democrats introduce bill to rein in Trump's power under Insurrection Act https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/501274-democrats-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-trumps-power-under-insurrection-act 58 comments politics
- Despite suggestions from Trump, Pentagon chief says he does not support invoking Insurrection Act https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/despite-suggestions-from-trump-pentagon-chief-says-he-does-not-support-invoking-insurrection-act/2020/06/03/8e8dad2e-a59e-11ea-8681-7d471bf20207_story.html 7 comments politics
- Pentagon chief breaks with Trump, opposes invoking Insurrection Act https://thehill.com/policy/defense/500877-us-defense-chief-does-not-support-invoking-insurrection-act?amp&__twitter_impression=true 5 comments politics
- U.S. defense secretary says he doesn't support invoking Insurrection Act https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-pentagon-iduskbn23a2bd 4 comments politics
- Esper opposes using Insurrection Act for law enforcement https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-offers-domination-of-dc-protests-as-model-for-states/2020/06/02/ff17870a-a534-11ea-898e-b21b9a83f792_story.html 3 comments politics
- Esper opposes using Insurrection Act for law enforcement https://apnews.com/41d80cc063a7199f75fb28cc34713f0c 4 comments politics
- Defense Secretary Esper: I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/06/03/defense-secretary-mark-esper-insurrection-act-response-george-floyd-sot-vpx.cnn 9 comments politics
- Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Sign the Insurrection Act? https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-donald-trump-sign-insurrection-act-1560520 49 comments politics
- North Carolina GOP lawmaker urges Trump to suspend civil liberties to keep power: ‘Invoke the Insurrection Act’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/16/north-carolina-republican-trump-insurrection/ 467 comments politics
- Secretary of Defense Esper makes public statement saying that he does not agree with using the insurrection act https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/03/mark-esper-military-deployment-protests-298314 8 comments politics
- Defense Secretary Esper breaks with President Trump on using military to police rioters: 'I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act' https://www.theblaze.com/news/defense-esper-trump-military-protests 20 comments politics
- 'I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act': Defense Secretary Esper breaks with Trump on use of troops https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/03/george-floyd-protests-mark-esper-opposes-use-troops/3133229001/ 10 comments politics
- GOP leader backs Esper on opposing Insurrection Act https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/500916-gop-leader-backs-esper-on-opposing-insurrection-act 6 comments politics
- Donald Trump Insurrection Act talk spurs calls for military defiance https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/2/donald-trump-insurrection-act-talk-spurs-calls-mil/ 16 comments politics
- The Insurrection Act: How Trump Can Use America’s Military to Deport Undocumented Immigrants https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-insurrection-act-how-trump-can-unleash-americas-military-at-the-border/ 12 comments politics
- Trump considering a move to invoke Insurrection Act. It would be the first time the Act to deploy U.S. troops is invoked since the 1992 Rodney King protests. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-considering-move-invoke-insurrection-act-n1221326 3 comments politics
- Trump threatens to end protests with military (Which is illegal without the consent of governors or legislators under The Insurrection Act of 1807) https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/01/trump-slams-governors-as-weak-crackdown-on-protests-294023 22 comments politics
- Trump says he will deploy military if state officials can't contain protest violence To do so, the president would need to invoke the Insurrection Act that allows U.S. troops to be deployed domestically. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-considering-move-invoke-insurrection-act-n1221326?fbclid=iwar2pilhc1luuceou9austsld-doumek6_4aig_ajr5e3cnnegawygssksou 25 comments politics
- Trump Came Close To Firing Esper After He Broke With POTUS On Insurrection Act https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-weighed-esper-firing-miiltary-george-floyd-protests 29 comments politics
- Bill Barr’s Playbook: His False Claims About Prior Military Force on U.S. Soil | The Insurrection Act, Operation Hawkeye and what really happened https://www.justsecurity.org/71535/bill-barrs-playbook-his-false-claims-about-prior-military-force-on-u-s-soil/ 5 comments politics
- Pentagon Defence Secretary Esper says he does not support invoking the Insurrection Act. “The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in on one of those situations now". https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-offers-domination-of-dc-protests-as-model-for-states/2020/06/02/ff17870a-a534-11ea-898e-b21b9a83f792_story.html 11 comments politics
- Is the ‘smoking gun’ in Trump’s Jan. 6 attempted coup hiding in plain sight? Trump insider Bernie Kerik claims ex-president drafted a letter to involve the Insurrection Act on Jan. 6. The American people need to see this. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-january-6-letter-insurrection-act-20220103.html 51 comments politics
- DOJ to Mo Brooks: Sorry, We’re Not Going to Defend You for Inciting an Insurrection | The Alabama Republican, who urged Trump supporters on January 6 to “start taking down names and kicking ass,” had argued he can't be sued over his role in the riot because he was acting in his official capacity as https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/07/doj-to-mo-brooks-sorry-were-not-going-to-defend-you-for-inciting-an-insurrection 13 comments politics
- "An act of war": How does the insurrection fit into the larger history of violence in Congress? | Eric Swalwell wonders if some GOP colleagues would've joined the mob if they'd been outside of the chamber that day https://www.salon.com/2021/06/20/an-act-of-war-how-does-the-insurrection-fit-into-the-larger-history-of-violence-in-congress/ 413 comments politics
- FBI treating Capitol riot as ‘act of domestic terrorism’ as director under fire for missing attack’s warnings | House Democrats demand FBI probe into Trump’s involvement in failed insurrection as bipartisan attempts for congressional investigation collapse https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/christopher-wray-trump-capitol-riot-b1863742.html 191 comments politics