Reforming the Insurrection Act to Guard Against Abuse

Text - S.4699 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Insurrection Act of 2024

A bill to provide limited authority to use the Armed Forces to suppress insurrection or rebellion and quell domestic violence.

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The Insurrection Act is an invitation to presidential abuse. It needs reform now.

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... against Americans to suppress rebellion or violence. But Blumenthal and other critics argue that it is overly broad and ripe for abuse.

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insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, if it--. (1) so hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of the United ...

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The law's anachronisms leave it ripe for abuse. During the Civil Rights era, presidents properly invoked the Insurrection Act to enforce ...

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... abused his or her authority under the Insurrection Act. It would also prevent the U.S. military from taking part in “search, seizure, arrest ...

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The Constitution guarantees that the U.S. government will protect the states from invasion and from domestic violence, and it specifically ...

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... protect against domestic presidential military abuse.Yet courts have given the Insurrection Act broad authority to overrule its protections ...

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JOHNSON: The last time a president invoked the law was in 1992, when President George H.W. Bush used it to tamp down violence in Los Angeles ...

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... the Insurrection Act and any reform ofthe Act ... outbreaks of violence and the imminent or actual collapse of federal or state law enforcement.

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... guardrails that prevent the president from abusing the executive branch's power. The Supreme Court already removed one such guardrail in Trump v ...

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... against meaningful public or congressional oversight, abusive deployment of agency enforcement capabilities as a tool of political ...

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Presidents are allowed under the Insurrection Act of 1807 to ... But some experts warn the law is "dangerously vague and ripe for abuse ...