I am not a fan of calling every act of political opposition to government policies an “insurrection.” The word is overused, largely because the Democrats found the term useful in their fight against Donald Trump. In turn, Republicans have taken to using the term frequently as an implicit rebuttal–if a term gets overused it loses...
“We are not playing around,” Donald Trump warned reporters earlier today. “These are paid insurrectionists, these are paid troublemakers,” Trump continued, describing the attacks on LAPD on Sunday by people throwing large chunks of concrete down on police officers and cars, among other such violence in the LA riots. Still, that was two days ago....
I’m so old that I can remember when Democrats believed that charging a federal facility and assaulting law enforcement officials qualified as an “insurrection.” Bad times, bad times … Now suddenly, it comes down to the definition of “storming.” Er … BREAKING: Multiple Democrat members of Congress—and the Democrat Mayor of Newark—have been arrested for...
Two things can be true. Trump may be exceeding his Constitutional authority in some of his executive orders–that is a matter for serious lawyers and jurists to debate and happens in every presidency–and also that there is an obvious judicial insurrection taking place in which judges declare that any decision they disapprove of is unconstitutional. ...
This story was originally published by Waging Nonviolence. With President Trump constantly flooding the zone, there’s a chance to think ahead about the possible implementation of the Insurrection Act. One of Trump’s presidential actions calls for the Secretary of Defense and Homeland Security to submit a joint report by April 20. The report will offer...