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Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has summoned the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/domestic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#domestic</a> purposes like few of his predecessors.…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> can be mobilized for federal missions inside the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> under two main authorities. The first, under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a>, puts troops under the president’s direction, where they can SUPPORT law enforcement activity but not perform arrests or investigations.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a>

NonilexThat request centers on a 19th-century <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a>, that generally makes it illegal to use the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/domestic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#domestic</a> law enforcement. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin has argued that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> are not themselves performing law enforcement tasks, but rather are protecting civilian agents who are trying to arrest undocumented <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrants</a>. [but we know better]<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protests</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marines</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

NonilexJudge Breyer’s temporary restraining order [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TRO</a>] concerned only the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> & whether it was lawful for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> to mobilize them under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> control. At the hearing on Friday, he is also set to address a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> request to limit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> under federal control to guarding federal buildings, & to bar them from accompanying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> agents on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workplace</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/raids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#raids</a> that sparked the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protests</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a>

NonilexEither way, litigation in the case is set to return on Friday to the San Francisco courtroom of the Federal District Court judge, Charles Breyer, for a hearing. He is weighing whether to issue a more durable preliminary injunction restricting what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> can do with some 4,000 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> or 700 active-duty <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marines</a> his admin has also deployed into the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#city</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protests</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

NonilexThe ruling means control of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> will stay in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> hands as the lawsuit continues to unfold.The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> could choose to ask the full appeals court to rehear the matter, or it could directly ask <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> to intervene. But the state might also just move on from the current part of the dispute, since the ruling on Thurs pertains to a short-lived temporary restraining order that will soon be obsolete anyway.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protests</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexThe court case could have wider implications on the president’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> to deploy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/soldiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soldiers</a> within the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> directed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> officials to prioritize <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deportations</a> from other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democratic</a>-run <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cities</a>.Trump, a Republican, argued that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> were necessary to restore order. Newsom, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrat</a>, said the move inflamed tensions, usurped local authority & wasted resources.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a>

NonilexThe court used 14 of its 38 page ruling to reject the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a>'s argument that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s decision to federalize the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> can't be reviewed by the courts.But, the court concluded that the requirement in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> §12406 that "orders ... shall be issued through the governors of the States" does not mean that a governor must consent or even be consulted before their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a>'s National Guard is federalized.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a>

NonilexA 3-judge panel of the San Francisco-based <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/9thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#9thCircuit</a> Court of Appeals extended a pause it placed on US District Judge Charles Breyer's June 12 ruling that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> had called the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> service unlawfully.<a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca9.4e2731d4-cbd8-4803-a59f-a1d0c6023daf/gov.uscourts.ca9.4e2731d4-cbd8-4803-a59f-a1d0c6023daf.32.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca9.4e2731d4-cbd8-4803-a59f-a1d0c6023daf/gov.uscourts.ca9.4e2731d4-cbd8-4803-a59f-a1d0c6023daf.32.0.pdf</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protests</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOverreach</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

Nonilex🤬🤬🤬US court lets <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> retain control of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> for nowA US appeals court let Trump late Thurs retain control over CA's National Guard while the state's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democratic</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#governor</a> proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the legality of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republican</a> president's use of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> to *quell* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protests</a> & unrest in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOverreach</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-court-lets-trump-retain-control-california-national-guard-now-2025-06-20/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-court-lets-trump-retain-control-california-national-guard-now-2025-06-20/</a>

NonilexYet some institutional checks continue to function, even if unevenly. The federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#judiciary</a> has been a source of significant pushback against the admin. Already, a federal district court judge in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> has ruled that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s deployment of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> in CA was illegal (though the ruling was almost immediately put on hold for further review).<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marines</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has stacked the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a> with personal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/loyalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#loyalists</a>, & has tended to bypass the Office of Legal Counsel [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OLC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OLC</a>] — the institution traditionally responsible for vetting the legality of executive actions. Although the standard guidelines & procedures for past <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/domestic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#domestic</a> deployments remain on the books, there is substantial reason to doubt that the civilian leadership will follow them.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marines</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#political</a> conditions surrounding the current deployment are dramatically different from those during that prior wave. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Polarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Polarization</a> has spread from society to the political elites, who now, more than ever, seek to use the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> for political gain. On the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republican</a> side, Donald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> appears eager to deploy the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Army</a> against left-wing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protesters</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marines</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>

NonilexMore mundanely, the explanation may come down to logistics. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarineCorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarineCorps</a> is a relatively small force & has rarely been stationed near sites of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/domestic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#domestic</a> unrest. However, Camp Pendleton—home to the largest concentration of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marines</a> in the continental <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a>—sits just a few hours from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> & is far closer than the nearest viable <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Army</a> unit, 45 miles south of Seattle. There may have been practical reasons to deploy the Marines.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a>

NonilexAnd the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marines</a> were held in reserve on several occasions: after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MLK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MLK</a> won his battle against Bull Connor in the 1963 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Birmingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birmingham</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alabama</a>, campaign for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/desegregation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#desegregation</a> of downtown stores, during which firebombings of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> headquarters & King’s brother’s hotel room had sparked riots, & during the 1963 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarchOnWashington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarchOnWashington</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marines</a>—who have a reputation for lethality—were deployed only twice during this period: once during the 1967 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protest</a> at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a>, where they appear to have played a minor role, & again amid the violent unrest in Washington, DC, following <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MLK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MLK</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/assassination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#assassination</a>. President John F. Kennedy considered sending them to help <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/desegregate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#desegregate</a> the University of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mississippi</a> in 1962 but ultimately declined.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>

NonilexLeadership & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lawyers</a> at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a>, & leadership in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArmedServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArmedServices</a>, worked closely w/ senior officers in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Army</a> to develop standing operating procedures & situation-specific <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RulesOfEngagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RulesOfEngagement</a> aimed at minimizing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UseOfForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UseOfForce</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marines</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>

NonilexThat blurring contributed to a long-term shift in civilian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LawEnforcement</a> — one that encouraged the adoption of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> - style equipment & tactics, & helped lay the groundwork for the sort of aggressive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> force that is common today.What accounted for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Army</a>’s restraint? Although society was as divided as it is today, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#political</a> elites were not yet <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/polarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polarized</a> & still placed trust in apolitical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/expertise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#expertise</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marines</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>

NonilexThe Army’s conduct during these deployments was far from flawless. In addition to credible allegations of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExcessiveForce</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Army</a> carried out extensive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/domestic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#domestic</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a>, often tracking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#civilians</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protest</a> groups without legal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authority</a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oversight</a>. And although its own use of force was generally restrained, its involvement helped blur the line between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> roles.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marines</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>

NonilexBy contrast, people remember the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KentState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KentState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#massacre</a> of 1970 because it was a bloody failure by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a>, during which 4 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#students</a> were <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/killed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#killed</a>. Indeed, during this period, many <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> & National Guard units responded to unrest with heavy-handed tactics that resulted in many <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#civilian</a> injuries & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fatalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fatalities</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marines</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>

NonilexIndeed, this absence of lethal force proved typical: The only fatality caused by active-duty <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/soldiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#soldiers</a> during this 12-yr period occurred during the 1967 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Detroit</a> riots. The low number of deaths is at least partly why, except for the 101st Airborne’s deployment to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LittleRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LittleRock</a>, most Americans barely remember these earlier <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/domestic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#domestic</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> interventions. Even in moments of widespread turbulence, the active-duty military exercised restraint overall.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatusAct</a>

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