President Donald Trump's threat to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minnesota have sparked warnings from Trump critics.
Trump has several times threatened to invoke the 1807 act, a federal law that allows the president to deploy the military and National Guard to quell unrest, such as an insurrection or rebellion, or to enforce the law in certain situations. Critics have long worried that invoking the act would consolidate federal power and give Trump more leeway to use the military for domestic law enforcement or immigration enforcement.
The president's threat comes after a second person was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Protests broke out again, extending the unrest in the city which erupted more than a week ago following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by ICE Agent Jonathan Ross. Trump administration officials have claimed that the ICE agent involved acted in self-defense, while local officials maintain Good posed no threat and have repeatedly called for ICE to leave the city.
In a Thursday morning Truth Social post, Trump wrote: "If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don't obey the law...
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