That's not what Congress intended, and it's not what American citizens expect. That's why we are trying to close this loophole and prevent Trump and any future president from doing another end run around the Posse Comitatus Act. Our proposal would make it clear that National Guard units cannot act as a federal police force while engaged in training.
We can close this loophole and still leave ample flexibility to address any true emergency. Under our approach, the National Guard could still supplement police forces as part of federally funded disaster response efforts. And governors would retain full authority to deploy their National Guard units for any purpose allowed by state law.
Our proposal would also leave in place the Insurrection Act — a statutory exception to the Posse Comitatus Act — which the president can invoke to deploy federal troops to quell violent unrest or to enforce the law in cases where the states can't or won't. We saw this play out most famously when President Dwight Eisenhower deployed federal troops to enforce a federal court order on school desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Some may believe that with an election just around the corner, Congress can wait out the clock on this lawless president and just hope for new leadership that actually upholds the rule of law and our long-standing democratic values. But norms are like glass — once broken, they are incredibly hard to put back together.
THINK FCC complete objectivity by the licensee here!
THINK How to stop them? Start behaving.
THINK Perhaps if these democratic mayors & city council members would stop tying the hands of local police departments & allow them to do their jobs to protect the citizens & property from these mobs of criminals, there would be no need for any federal intervention.
THINK This isn't the first time White politicians used Military force against Peaceful Black protesters. Keeping White supremacy in Power is their goal
THINK No one could can throw our country into chaos as fast as our God of Chaos, Donald J. Trump. I don't know if he is trying or not, but he sure gets the job done. What next Civil War? Got guns and gold? thehill L=MSNBC C=CNN R=FoxNews
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THINK But are legal
THINK the keyword in all of it is what? Shouldn't
THINK Trump did the right thing. Direct your anger and hatred at the RIOTERS.
THINK This is a stunning revelation. That the Attorney General used the National Guard in a way that clearly abuses the statute is grounds for impeachment of the AG. To declare such deployments as training operations can be refuted and proven to be false. Congress should investigate.
THINK Democrat party propaganda, NOT news. Quit calling your hate and propaganda 'news'. Your hate, distortions, spin, lies, and propaganda are NOT news.
THINK As long as mayors & governors allow rioting thugs to burn their cities, please allow the guard to do their jobs for them. They’ll leave when the madness stops. It really isn’t that complicated, FFS. 🙄
THINK Congress has spent 3.5 years trying to undo laws past over 200 years that the president has decided to use. They are so pitiful.
THINK I'm glad Trump uses them to clean up the mess the states can't or won't handle. At least this president has balls.
THINK useless. king Trump do what ever he wants to. just watch usa desapearing 😪😪😪😪😪
THINK NBC should be ashamed of themselves for not reporting the facts.
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THINK Here, a woman alleges Trump raped her at 13 and made her train a 12 yr old Latina girl to give a gloved handjob
THINK Defund the National Guard. Maybe we dont need them anymore. If they have the free time to be used as law enforcement
THINK BREAKING NBC News closes all men’s rooms after learning no real ones work there.
THINK Opinion: when governors and mayors tie the hands of local law enforcement to the endangerment of the People, National Guard deployments should ensue.
THINK trumpSecretPolice barrGestapo trumpFascism
THINK with guns
THINK How to stop it.....stop rioting
RepMcGovern THINK This is nice and all, but isn't the CBP the more immediate problem?
THINK NBC always working against America, great idea, or is it
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THINK Nahh. NBC isn't biased at all. Keep pumping out those licenses, FCC.
THINK Screw that BS.
THINK Cry babies haters gonna hate
THINK Guess you want to make riots, looting, and assault on police legal. Lighten Up Francis!
THINK Socialist News....
THINK President Trump is one of the best President’s in US history. He has done an amazing job as president.
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THINK Opinion: after 50 straight days of violence, attacks on pedestrians, $40M in property damage------Udall and McGovern are attacking the National Guard? Really? If it were their homes or businesses, they would be glad to finally have some protection.
THINK LOL
THINK Wont you just love it when nothing is legal ?
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THINK Protecting federal land is legal
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