Trump invokes the Home Rule Act to take control of the Washington, D.C., police. What the act says he can and can't do.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

When President Trump announced Monday that he was bringing the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control in order to crack down on what he described as “crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor” in the nation’s capital, he cited Section 740 of something called the Home Rule Act as the legal mechanism behind the move.

“Effective immediately, the Mayor of the District of Columbia (Mayor) shall provide the services of the Metropolitan Police force for Federal purposes for the maximum period permitted under section 740 of the Home Rule Act,” read Trump’s executive order.

So what is the Home Rule Act? And does section 740 really give him the authority to take over the D.C. police?

What is the Home Rule Act?
As you probably learned in elementary school, Washington, D.C., isn’t a state. It isn’t part of any other state either. It doesn’t have a constitution of its own. Instead, Washington is what’s known as a “federal district,” and it has been mostly under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress since its founding in 1791.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/trump-invokes-the-home-rule-act-to-take-control-of-the-washington-dc-police-what-the-act-says-he-can-and-cant-do-194046587.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Wow, he sure didn't want to do that on January 6 2021!!

Third rate putz.

[Scrivener7]

3. Yes. But because Big Balls was beaten up by a 15 year old girl, suddenly it's a priority.

[Scrivener7]

2. Thank you. This is important information.

[msongs]

4. first the national guard attacked LA. the guard is not our friend nt

[beaglelover]

5. This information is good to know as well.

Can Trump control the Washington, D.C., police forever?

Not really. Per Section 740 of the Home Rule Act, Trump now gets to control the MPD for an initial 48-hour emergency window, with the option to extend for up to 30 days. Anything longer than that requires “the Senate and the House of Representatives [to] approve a concurrent resolution authorizing such an extension.”

Of course, Republicans control both the Senate and the House of Representatives, so they might authorize an extension. Or lawmakers could do away with the Home Rule Act altogether.

Trump has already said that he’s interested in getting Congress to overturn the law.

"We're gonna look at that," he told reporters last week. "In fact, the lawyers are already studying it. We have to run D.C.”

[johnnyfins]

6. The last sentence is the tell.

Why does he so desperately need to "run DC"?

Maybe because his own base is waking up to what a lying, lowlife, shitweasel, loser he is?