President Donald Trump and Stephen Miller have repeatedly used the word “insurrection” to describe the protests in Los Angeles.

Trump deployed National Guard troops and Marines to L.A. in response to protests. The Insurrection Act would allow him to use troops more broadly.

Deep-cut case law and 19th century constitutional interpretation underpin the Trump administration argument for deploying troops to Los Angeles.

President Trump on Tuesday said he would “certainly” invoke the Insurrection Act to respond to the demonstrations on the streets of Los Angeles over his immigration policies, if he deemed the move

President Donald Trump on Tuesday did not rule out invoking the Insurrection Act if necessary to squash violence at the Los Angeles protests. “If there’s an insurrection, I would certainly ...