The 1807 law, which allows the military to conduct civilian law enforcement activities under certain circumstances, hasn’t been used since the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
Yep. If he was competent, he would have declared the insurrection act in January, maybe early February after building up a casus belli
He could have ridden that momentum all the way through, by the time people got upset they’d be afraid
Now? It’s too late. No one is buying it, no one has an appetite for it. He doesn’t have the momentum to blow past the courts, no one in his administration has the conviction to put their balls on the table, and so we have this weak, performative version of a takeover that appeals to no one
Yep. If he was competent, he would have declared the insurrection act in January, maybe early February after building up a casus belli
He could have ridden that momentum all the way through, by the time people got upset they’d be afraid
Now? It’s too late. No one is buying it, no one has an appetite for it. He doesn’t have the momentum to blow past the courts, no one in his administration has the conviction to put their balls on the table, and so we have this weak, performative version of a takeover that appeals to no one