President Donald Trump says he may call out the military to quell riots if the states refuse to do their duty to protect their citizens.
"Once the violence began, any effort to 'understand' it should have stopped, since that understanding is inevitably exculpatory," writes Heather Mac Donald in City Journal.
The Democratic Blue State governors and local officials who refuse to protect lives and property are doing their citizens and the nation's rule of law a grave disservice.
"If a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them," Trump said Monday.
As a 2018 research paper by the Congressional Research Service observed, "The Constitution permits Congress to authorize the use of the militia 'to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions.' And it guarantees the states protection against invasion or usurpation of their 'republican form of government,' and, upon the request of the state legislature, against domestic violence."
Make no mistake, Trump has the right and, a case can be made, the moral obligation in this instance, to call out U.S. troops to protect our republic from those who would overthrow our constitutional order.
In short, though he's been criticized by all the predictable sources, including by "Never-Trumpers" on the right, Trump can call out troops to meet a challenge to our nation's very existence.
"Once the violence began, any effort to 'understand' it should have stopped, since that understanding is inevitably exculpatory," writes Heather Mac Donald in City Journal.
The Democratic Blue State governors and local officials who refuse to protect lives and property are doing their citizens and the nation's rule of law a grave disservice.
"If a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them," Trump said Monday.
As a 2018 research paper by the Congressional Research Service observed, "The Constitution permits Congress to authorize the use of the militia 'to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions.' And it guarantees the states protection against invasion or usurpation of their 'republican form of government,' and, upon the request of the state legislature, against domestic violence."
Make no mistake, Trump has the right and, a case can be made, the moral obligation in this instance, to call out U.S. troops to protect our republic from those who would overthrow our constitutional order.
In short, though he's been criticized by all the predictable sources, including by "Never-Trumpers" on the right, Trump can call out troops to meet a challenge to our nation's very existence.
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