Can Trump Deploy National Guard In Chicago Next? Here’s What To Know.
The post Can Trump Deploy National Guard In Chicago Next? Here’s What To Know. appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline President Donald Trump suggested Friday his deployment of the National Guard and city police in Washington D.C. will be replicated in Chicago “probably next,” with more cities to follow—a prospect that would be more difficult for him legally than his activities in Washington, though he does still have ways to use the military on U.S. soil. Military vehicles with the National Guard near the Washington Monument on August 12 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Key Facts Trump signed executive orders last week directing his administration to take temporary control of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and deploy National Guard troops to the city, in order to combat what Trump has misleadingly claimed is a rise in crime. The president has suggested his actions in Washington will “go further” and he’ll take similar steps in other cities—singling out places including New York, Chicago, Baltimore and Oakland—with the Washington Post reporting on the possibility of a “reaction force” of National Guard troops who are continually on guard to be deployed to various cities. Trump reiterated his intention to go into other cities on Friday, saying he will “go to another location” and “make it safe also” after his Washington takeover and specifying Chicago is “probably next.” Trump’s use of the police and military in Washington appear to be so far broadly legal, as the Home Rule Act that establishes Washington’s governance allows the president to temporarily use the MPD for “federal purposes,” and the president has more control over Washington’s National Guard than troops in other states. But the president would face more legal restrictions in other cities, Joseph Nunn, an attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice, told Forbes, saying, “Most of what the Trump administration is doing in Washington DC is not repeatable anywhere else, at least in the…
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Topline President Donald Trump suggested Friday his deployment of the National Guard and city police in Washington D.C. will be replicated in Chicago “probably next,” with more cities to follow—a prospect that would be more difficult for him legally than his activities in Washington, though he does still have ways to use the military on U.S. soil. Military vehicles with the National Guard near the Washington Monument on August 12 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Key Facts Trump signed executive orders last week directing his administration to take temporary control of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and deploy National Guard troops to the city, in order to combat what Trump has misleadingly claimed is a rise in crime. The president has suggested his actions in Washington will “go further” and he’ll take similar steps in other cities—singling out places including New York, Chicago, Baltimore and Oakland—with the Washington Post reporting on the possibility of a “reaction force” of National Guard troops who are continually on guard to be deployed to various cities. Trump reiterated his intention to go into other cities on Friday, saying he will “go to another location” and “make it safe also” after his Washington takeover and specifying Chicago is “probably next.” Trump’s use of the police and military in Washington appear to be so far broadly legal, as the Home Rule Act that establishes Washington’s governance allows the president to temporarily use the MPD for “federal purposes,” and the president has more control over Washington’s National Guard than troops in other states. But the president would face more legal restrictions in other cities, Joseph Nunn, an attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice, told Forbes, saying, “Most of what the Trump administration is doing in Washington DC is not repeatable anywhere else, at least in the…
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