- The troops of the California National Guard According to the Georgetown University Law Professor Stephen Vladeck, President Donald Trump can be used in response to protests in the Los Angeles area. But that changes when the uprising law is called up.
According to a legal expert, President Donald Trump’s decision to promote troops from the California National Guard and use them to the Los Angeles region brings them to a support role.
On Saturday, Trump had his authority to put the state-based national guards’ troops in response to protests against immigration and customs authorities against the objections of governor Gavin Newsom and local officials who said that this was unnecessary.
Members of the 79. Infantry brigade fighting teamThe biggest combat unit in the California Army National Guard arrived in Los Angeles.
But the County Act from 1878 could beVladeck level, professor at Georgetown University, mainly prevents federal troops from being involved in civilian law enforcement authorities. wrote in his newsletter.
“Everything these troops can do is a form of strength protection and other logistical support for ice staff,” he said. “Whether this in turn leads to another escalation is the bigger problem (and in fact the purpose of your commitment can be).”
There is an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act, which would enable troops to play a more active role in law enforcement. The Outstanding law, What has not yet been called, “she has” executed the laws of the union, suppress uprisings and reject invasions “.
In theory, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, the uprising should only be used in a crisis that the civilian authorities cannot cope with, but “the requirements of the law are poorly explained and practically all the president’s discretion.”
For the nominal value, Trump’s command to use troops from the California National Guard in Los Angeles should protect against attacks to protect the Homeland security department, explained Vladeck.
While this is an important and unnecessary escalation, he added, it is not a mass use of troops to a US city for himself.
“That means there are still at least three reasons to be deeply concerned about President Trump’s (hasty) actions on Saturday evening,” warned Vladeck.
First, the presence of national troops increases the risk of escalating violence. Secondly, there is the possibility that the use of troops of the National Guard, even to a limited extent, more aggressive reactions to similar protests later, perhaps even the uprising law, defines. Third, the national use of the military “Corrosive Effects” on the troops, the relationship between the federal government and the local/state authorities as well as the relationship between military and civil society.
“At the moment, the most important snack bars are really that there really isnotMuch that these federal national guard forces will be able – and that this could be the reason for the reason for thisTheIs the step the president takes this evening and not something that is even more aggressive, ”said Vladeck.
This story was originally on Fortune.com
