Trump's legal authority to deploy agents to U.S. cities may be limited, experts say

[Nevilledog]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-protests-law/trumps-legal-authority-to-deploy-agents-to-us-cities-may-be-limited-experts-say-idUSKCN24M2WF

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to send federal agents to major cities controlled by Democrats may be difficult to defend in court, some legal experts said.

Armed with a new executive order aimed at protecting U.S. monuments, federal law enforcement started cracking down last week on demonstrations against police brutality and racism in Portland, Oregon.

Some agents wore camouflage and used tear gas following more than 50 nights of protests over the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.

Trump said on Monday he might deploy agents to New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore and Oakland, California, cities controlled by “liberal Democrats.”

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[LakeArenal]

1. And that mattered with Dump, when?

When they didn’t do anything with Contempt of Congress, legal authority became a moot point.

[Nevilledog]

3. I like to pretend. *sigh*

[LakeArenal]

7. Sometimes that's all we've got.

See you in my dreams.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

2. Fuck trump and his goons

There are more of us than them. If we decide to go out and stand against them.

[gratuitous]

4. Like everything else in his miserable life of overreach

Trump will only be reined in when a point is thoroughly litigated. He has no conscience, no ethic except what Donald wants. If you're not willing to go all the way to the mat with this swine, he'll keep doing whatever he's doing.

[Under The Radar]

5. He will cause a lot of destruction and pain...

Long before it reaches a court room and even more upon the appeal of that loss, and the appeal of that loss and the appeal of that loss....

[Phoenix61]

6. His base won't care because it doesn't effect

them personally. Dems care a lot. This will motivate them to crawl through glass to vote.

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. Limited by FUCKING WHAT????

FUCK, I get so tired of being told that he can't do something while he does it right before our eyes. LAWS DON'T APPLY TO DICTATORS

[struggle4progress]

9. In the US, law acts on persons: individuals sub-ordinate to the President

can be arrested for violation of the law, regardless of what the President tells them

[not_the_one]

10. As long as the support is requested, the turd can send them in...

Police unions are requesting them. They are pissed because of the "defund the police" movement.

The police departments are full of republican trumphumpers. There are apparently few to no basic standards for eligibility.

They need to be purged. They either support the constitution or they are gone.

[Nevilledog]

11. Pretty sure the request has to come from a legal entity, not a fucking police union.