Experts told PBS News that worries about the Insurrection Act arise from legal uncertainty about how it can be applied.

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In a word, no, invoking the Insurrection Act is not the same as declaring martial law. Under the Act, troops generally reinforce, not replace, civilian authority; thankfully, the president has no ...

Trump remarked that he was willing to invoke the act 'if it was necessary' during setbacks to his deployment of federal ...

The Burr–Jefferson conflict is one of those moments where personal rivalry, constitutional uncertainty, and fears of ...

In a Fox News interview this past weekend, President Donald Trump claimed that invoking the Insurrection Act would allow him ...

The Insurrection Act allows a president to deploy military forces if a state is unable to suppress an insurrection or is defying federal law.

President Donald Trump has made a series of inaccurate claims in recent days about the Insurrection Act, the old law he has ...

President Donald Trump has claimed he could send the Navy, Air Force, and Marines into U.S. cities to do “whatever I want” ...

As courts grapple with President Donald Trump's attempt to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, he could invoke a ...

President Donald Trump has said repeatedly he could invoke the 1807 statute, which gives the president the power to deploy ...

Presidents have invoked this throughout history -- but normally not against the wishes of local leaders except to enforce federal law.