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13. It's definitely been used

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:53 AM

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The most recent time was during the Rodney King riots of Los Angeles, President Bush (the father) invoked it to help pacify the unrest.

Here's a list I found.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_invocations_of_the_Insurrection_Act

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Show down coming Easterncedar Thursday #1

Notice how he has to qualify it with: johnnyfins Thursday #3

Outside of the civil war... and I don't know if Botany Thursday #10

It's definitely been used ITAL Thursday #13

Thank you! Botany Thursday #15

The terrorism is coming from ICE, including shithole................ Lovie777 Thursday #4

Fuck off donwald. spanone Thursday #5

Knew that was coming. sinkingfeeling Thursday #6

It hasn't been invoked in over 30 years Buckeyeblue Thursday #7

The Troubles, Northern Ireland OC375 Thursday #8

We have no idea how things will continue to unfold. Irish_Dem Thursday #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Thursday #9

The "protester/resistance" folks aren't killing our 2026 hopes gulliver Thursday #14