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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Deployed the National Guard. But What Does That Mean?
I found this post on SubStack interesting and informative... I am fairly certain it can be read by non-subscribers. Please let me know if I'm incorrect.
Trump Deployed the National Guard. But What Does That Mean?
Title 10 federalization, the Insurrection Act and Posse Comitatus
by Jay Kuo
Yesterday, Border Czar Tom Homan went on Fox and announced that, in response to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Basss criticisms, the White House was already mobilizing and was bringing in the National Guard that night.
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A great deal of confusion quickly ensued across social media and among legal experts. Under what authority was Trump acting, if he didnt have Gov. Newsoms consent to deploy the guard? Was this under a Title 10 federalization, or was it an actual invocation of the Insurrection Act?
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In todays extra Sunday edition, I want to address what has and importantly has not happened with respect to this deployment. As we look ahead, we need to keep straight what powers and authority Trump has invoked and which he is holding in his pocket. This will help us be clear-eyed about the most probable risks, and it will better inform what our next steps in response should be.
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In todays extra Sunday edition, I want to address what has and importantly has not happened with respect to this deployment. As we look ahead, we need to keep straight what powers and authority Trump has invoked and which he is holding in his pocket. This will help us be clear-eyed about the most probable risks, and it will better inform what our next steps in response should be.
Title 10 federalization, the Insurrection Act and Posse Comitatus
by Jay Kuo
Yesterday, Border Czar Tom Homan went on Fox and announced that, in response to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Basss criticisms, the White House was already mobilizing and was bringing in the National Guard that night.
...
A great deal of confusion quickly ensued across social media and among legal experts. Under what authority was Trump acting, if he didnt have Gov. Newsoms consent to deploy the guard? Was this under a Title 10 federalization, or was it an actual invocation of the Insurrection Act?
...
In todays extra Sunday edition, I want to address what has and importantly has not happened with respect to this deployment. As we look ahead, we need to keep straight what powers and authority Trump has invoked and which he is holding in his pocket. This will help us be clear-eyed about the most probable risks, and it will better inform what our next steps in response should be.
...
In todays extra Sunday edition, I want to address what has and importantly has not happened with respect to this deployment. As we look ahead, we need to keep straight what powers and authority Trump has invoked and which he is holding in his pocket. This will help us be clear-eyed about the most probable risks, and it will better inform what our next steps in response should be.
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Trump Deployed the National Guard. But What Does That Mean? (Original Post)
Shipwack
Jun 2025
OP
marble falls
(71,403 posts)1. Photo op red meat for the true believers.
Lovie777
(22,333 posts)2. It's already backfiring on shithole and this comrades....................
Americans see this as a power move and they don't like it.
