Insurrection Act

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The Insurrection Act is a longstanding U.S. federal law that authorizes the president to deploy military forces domestically in limited circumstances to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, and rebellion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
statute ⓘ
allows presidential deployment of military forces at request of a state government ⓘ
presidential deployment of military forces without state request in certain circumstances ⓘ
amended 1871 ⓘ
1956 ⓘ
1967 ⓘ
2006 ⓘ
2008 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
authorizes domestic deployment of U.S. armed forces ⓘ
use of National Guard under federal control ⓘ
codifiedAs 10 U.S.C. §§ 251–255 ⓘ
conditionForUse denial of equal protection of the laws ⓘ
impracticability of enforcing federal law by ordinary judicial proceedings ⓘ
insurrection against authority of the United States ⓘ
obstruction of execution of federal law ⓘ
containsProvision 10 U.S.C. § 251 ⓘ
10 U.S.C. § 252 ⓘ
linked to: Posse Comitatus Act

10 U.S.C. § 253 ⓘ
10 U.S.C. § 254 ⓘ
10 U.S.C. § 255 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateEnacted 1807-03-03 ⓘ
effectOnPosseComitatusAct provides statutory exception to Posse Comitatus Act limitations ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
grantsPowerTo President of the United States ⓘ
legalNature emergency powers statute ⓘ
originalTitle An Act authorizing the employment of the land and naval forces of the United States, in cases of insurrections ⓘ
linked to: Insurrection Act
partOf Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
previouslyCodifiedAs 10 U.S.C. §§ 331–335 ⓘ
purpose to enforce federal law ⓘ
to protect civil rights ⓘ
to suppress civil disorder ⓘ
to suppress insurrection ⓘ
to suppress rebellion ⓘ
relatedToConcept martial law in the United States ⓘ
relationshipTo Posse Comitatus Act ⓘ
requires presidential proclamation ordering insurgents to disperse ⓘ
signedBy Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
subjectMatter civil-military relations ⓘ
domestic use of military force ⓘ
usedByPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
George H. W. Bush ⓘ
John F. Kennedy ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
usedInEvent 1967 Detroit riot ⓘ
1968 civil disturbances after assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
1992 Los Angeles riots ⓘ
Little Rock school desegregation crisis ⓘ
University of Mississippi integration crisis ⓘ

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Insurrection Act → originalTitle → An Act authorizing the employment of the land and naval forces of the United States, in cases of insurrections ⓘ
linked to: Insurrection Act