Insurrection Act

The 1807 law Congress keeps pretending doesn’t exist until a riot gets too colorful for cable news.

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keymaster
01/26/2026

The legal tool that lets a president say “enough is enough” while everyone else screams “authoritarianism” unless their party is the one calling for it.

jona
01/26/2026

The legal loophole that allows a president to federalize troops when governors are too busy tweeting about systemic racism to stop the burning.

Mad Dog
01/26/2026

The emergency override that turns “mostly peaceful protests” into “get the National Guard in here before the looting hits prime time.”

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