Insurrection Act of 1807
The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law. It empowers the President of the United States to deploy U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops in particular circumstances. The act provides a statutory exception to the Posse Comitatus Act. The Act has been modified twice.
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The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law. It empowers the President of the United States to deploy U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops in particular circumstances. The act provides a statutory exception to the Posse Comitatus Act, which limits the use of military personnel under federal command for law enforcement purposes. The Act has been modified twice. In 1861, a new section was added allowing the federal government to use the National Guard and armed forces against the will of the state government. This section of the act was invoked during the Reconstruction era, and again during desegregation fights during the Civil Rights Era.
In 2006, the George W. Bush administration considered intervening in the state of Louisiana’s response to Hurricane Katrina, but this was politically difficult and potentially unconstitutional. On January 1, 2008, all fifty state governors issued a joint statement against the changes, and they were repealed in January 2008. In 2016, Public Law 114-328 was amended to include Guam and the US Virgin Islands under Ch. 13 jurisdiction. In the 19th century, the Act was invoked to enforce the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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