California’s court fight to reign in the president's use of troops in Los Angeles now hangs on a 19th century law with grim ...

During Reconstruction, ... President Lyndon B. Johnson’s deployments of federal troops during urban protests in 1967 and 1968 were largely received as legitimate exercises of federal power.

It marked the first time since Reconstruction that federal troops were sent to enforce civil rights. Men who were part of a mob outside the Little Rock high school were ordered away at gunpoint by ...

The image depicted is from 1960, the last time a president called in federal troops over a state’s objections to enforce the law. It was just three years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower had ...

President Trump and California Gov. Newsom clash over National Guard deployment amid L.A. riots, with differing views on the ...

In 1968, troops again were federalized to stop rioting following the assassination of MLK Jr. Johnson activated 1,750 National Guard troops in the nation’s capital in addition to 12,000 federal ...

A federal judge issued an order to block Donald Trump from deploying California National Guard troops to crack down on Los Angeles protests or to stand guard over his immigration raids.. Ruling ...

A federal judge issued an order to block Donald Trump from deploying California National Guard troops to crack down on Los Angeles protests or to stand guard over his immigration raids.. Ruling ...

Congress addressed this in numerous federal statutes, enacted in 1792, 1794, 1795 and again in 1807. The essence of these laws permits the president to declare himself the commander in chief of ...

the posse comitatus act, a reconstruction era law, bars federal troops from participating in domestic law enforcement on u.s. soil. the question is going to be, is it legal for the trump ...

California's fight to rein in President Trump's deployment of troops to Los Angeles hinges on a 19th century law ... But by the time Congress sent federal troops to begin Reconstruction in ...