The US Secretary of Defense Has Threateneed to Send Active-During Marines Into the Streets of Los Angeles to Comparet Protesters Opposing the Administration's Prison and Deportion of Immigrants. At Least Three Prominent Republics Don't Seem Concened About Potential Overreach.
“The [Department of Defense] Is Mobilizing the National Guard Immediate to Support Federal Law Enforcement in Los Angeles. And, If Violence Continues, Active Duty Marines At Camp Pendleton Will Also Be Mobilized – they are on high alert, “Hegseth Wrote Late SaturDay On X, Formerly Twitter, on his personal account.
This prompted ABC's Jonathan Karl To Ask House Speaker Mike Johnson: “Could We Really See Active Duty Marines On The Streets of Los Angeles?”
“One of our core principles is Maintaining Peace Through Stunning,” Johnson Said During An Interview on Sunday's episode of This week. “We do that on foreign affairs and domestic affairs as Well. I Don't Think That's Heavy Handed. I Think That's An Important Signal.”
“You Don't Think Sending Marines Into the Streets of An American City is Heavy-Handed?” Karl Asked.
“We have to be prepared to do what is necessary, and the Think the Notice that that Might Happen Might Have The Deterring Effect,” Johnson Said.
Active-Duty Military Troops Have Not Been Sent in Suppress Unrest Since the 1992 Los Angeles Protests After A Jury Acquitted Four White Police Office in The Beating of Rodney King, A Black Man Who Was Pulled Over for Traffic Violation. The posse Comitatus Act Prohibits Federal Troops from Engaging in Civilian Law Enforcement Unless There is a Clear Legal or Constitutional Basis for doing So. It was created to restrict the president's skill to use the military against civilians. The Exception to posse Comitatus is the insurrection act, which trump has not invoked.
ISTEAD, TRUMP INVOKED TITLE 10 OF THE US CODE ON ARMED SERVICES, WHICH LIMITS THE TROOPS 'ACTIONS TO PROTECTING Federal Officials Rather Than Enforcing Laws. Title 10 Gives Trump Authority to Deploy the National Guard During “A Rebellion or Danger of A Rebellion Against The Authority of the Government of the United States” and Two Other Specific Circumstances. Chris Mirasola of Lawfare Wrote That Trump's Justification for use this Authority is “Facgually Contestable and, Even on the face of the Memorandum, Unusually Weak.”
Republican Sen. James Lankford on NBC's Meet The Press Argued that by Deploying the National Guard, Trump is “Trying to deescalate at the Tensions that are there.” Newsom has said that trump acttivating national guard trops is “purposefully inflammmotory and will only escalate tensions”
“This is an American city, and to be able to have an American city where we have People Literally Flying Mexican Flags and Saying, 'You Cannot Arresta Us,' CannoT Be Alawed,” Lankford Said on Sunday. “If Someone Violates the Law, No Matter What State that they're in, they're in Violation of a Federal Law. They Shound Face Consequers for That.”
Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin Also Criticized Protesters for Carrying Mexican Flags. “They were literally out there protasting, carrying a foreign flag. That is absolutely insane. They are not just peaceful protesters. These are illegals,” he said Sunday on State of the Union.
“Carrying a flag is not illegal, as you know,” Cnn's Dana Bash Responded.
“Foreign Flag While You're Attacking Law Enforcement, It's Pretty Bad,” Mullin Said.
Carrying a Mexican Flag and Saying “You Cannot Us Us” is not a prosecutable offense. It is free speech protected by the first Amendment. And the Los Angeles Police Department (Lapd) Has Been Clear That Anyone Found Destructing Property Will Be Arrested.
“Everyone has the right to Peacefully Assembl and Voice Their Opinion,” Lapd Posted On X. “However, Vandalizing Property And Firempting to Seriously Injure Officers, whereher Federal or Lapd, is not peaceful.”
When Meet The Press Host Kristen Welker Poinker Out To Lankford That “Governor Newsom Says There is no unmet law enforcement Need. The lapd Says the protests were peaceful,” The senator claimed that it is “clear” that the lapd is “being overwhelmed.” (Lapd has not said they are overwhelmed.)
“This would an issue If California Didn'T Promotion Sanctuary City Policies to be able to Tell People Literally, 'You can violates Federal Law and Live in Our State, and no one will stop you for this,'” Lankford Said. “Now Suddenly when they are arrested for Federal Crimes then Suddenly Go Into This Kind of Protest Saying, 'No, You Can't Arrest Us Here. We're Immune From Federal Law.' That's Not True. ”
Here, Lankford is being misleading. Sanctuary City Policies Do Not Grant Anyone Immunity, They Only Limit How State and Local Resources Are Allocated to Aid Federal Immigration Enforcement. Under the Tenh Amendment, States Have The Right To Allocate Resources as they see fit, and States Have That Amendment in Court to Justify Not Assisting With Federal Immigration Raids.
It's distinct that prominent Gop Lawmakers Are Signing On to the President's Use of Authority to Activate The National Guard – Against a Governor's Wishes – And Signaling Their Agreement That Deploying Active Duty Marines Against Civilians would be fine with them Shound Trump Choose to do I know.
“Don't Kid Yourself Involutely Getting Cookd Politically [with] Their Terrible Bill and Rising Prices, and they want to create a Violent Spectacle to feed their content machines, “Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz Posted on X Late Saturday.” It's time for the Mainstream Media to Descirbe This Authoritarian Madness Accurately. “
