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Bluetus

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4. Let us be clear. In the lifetimes of 80% of Americans,

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:50 PM

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the Insurrection Act has only been used 3 times. All three were at the explicit request of Governors. Two were due to instability following weather disasters, and the third was the LA Riots after the Rodney King beating.

To find a case where the President used it without a Governor's request, you have to go back to the 1960s where Eisenhower and Kennedy used it to enforce the federal desegregation laws.

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