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…after the US #military announced that 700 #Marines would join the now 5,000 #NationalGuard #troops in #LosAngeles on Wednesday, escalat[ing] the [admin’s unlawful] military response — an exceedingly rare use of active-duty #troops on #domestic soil — #Trump suggested on Tues that the #LAprotests were petering out, & gave himself credit. “By doing what I did, I stopped the violence in LA.”

#law #immigration #ICE #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #Constitution #RightToProtest
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/11/us/los-angeles-protests-trump-ice/heres-the-latest?smid=url-share

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When The #Military Comes To American Soil

By Joshua Braver

#Domestic deployment of active-duty US military, as is now taking place in #LosAngeles, is both rare & perilous. Not since the 1992 riots in that same city has the country seen such a use of the armed services. But that was a one-off. The more relevant, & worrying, parallel may be the period from 1957 to the end of 1968, when military forces actively patrolled US soil on 8 separate occasions.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/prior-domestic-deployments/683186/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxRbJ5YAKs0rd5aF2tLxN-X0

Top Experts’ Backgrounder: #Military Action Against #Iran & US #Domestic #Law

With #Trump reportedly considering bringing the #UnitedStates directly into the armed conflict between #Israel & Iran, & in particular #offensive strikes against Iran’s #nuclear program, it is important to understand the #legal framework that governs whether & when a President can use military force overseas under US domestic law (…the use of force must also comport w/ #InternationalLaw…).

https://www.justsecurity.org/64645/war-powers-trump-iran-strikes/

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#Trump’s National Guard #Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in #LA.

Thousands of #NationalGuard members have served in the #LosAngeles region since last month. 6 #soldiers spoke in interviews about low morale over the deployment.

#law #Constitution #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #domestic #military #deployment #PosseComitatusAct
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/trump-national-guard-california.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU8.DHg3.DiDSwciqqUpD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare