An Act authorizing the employment of the land and naval forces of the United States, in cases of insurrections
Enacted by
the 9th United States Congress
Effective
March 3, 1807
Citations
Public law
9-39
Statutes at Large
2 Stat. 443
Legislative history
Signed into law by President Thomas Jefferson on March 3, 1807
Major amendments
1871, 2006, 2007
The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law[1] that empowers the president of the United States to deploy U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops within the United States in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, or rebellion.
The act provides a "statutory exception" to the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which limits the use of military personnel under federal command for law enforcement purposes within the United States.[2][3]
Before invoking the powers under the Act, 10 U.S.C. § 254 requires the President to first publish a proclamation ordering the insurgents to disperse. As part of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, these provisions have since been amended.
There are Constitutional exceptions to Posse Comitatus restrictions rooted in the president's own constitutional authority. Defense Department guidelines describe "homeland defense" as a "constitutional exception" to Posse Comitatus restriction, meaning that measures necessary to guarantee National Security from external threats are not subject to the same limitations.
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help in registering Meredith. Once informed, Kennedy invoked the InsurrectionActof1807 and had U.S. Army units under Brigadier General Charles Billingslea...
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execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws. In 2008, these changes in the InsurrectionActof1807 were repealed...
513 proposal to repeal) and the previous InsurrectionAct was restored. As of 2020, the InsurrectionActof1807 still applies in limiting a US President's...
required to quell the violence – the largest ever invocation of the InsurrectionActof1807. In 1966, Meredith planned a solo 220-mile (350-kilometer) March...
spoils system, invoking the InsurrectionActof1807 to deploy the military onto American streets, and directing the Department of Justice to go after domestic...
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were requested to restore order, and the President invoked the InsurrectionActof1807 on April 7. Rumors circulated that the riots had been organized...
invoked the InsurrectionActof1807 to enable troops to perform domestic law enforcement. The president ordered the 101st Airborne Division of the United...
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rule, is if the president invokes the InsurrectionActof1807 to quell civil turmoils, rebellions and insurrections. The president can – with certain limitations...
been prepared, authorizing the federalization of the Alabama National Guard under the InsurrectionActof1807. Four hours later, Guard General Henry Graham...
President Hayes invoked the InsurrectionActof1807 on October 7. Murphy died of cancer on October 20, 1878, about the age of 47. Susan McSween hired attorney...
executive to consult with Congress before invoking the Insurrection Actof1807, and blocked appropriations from being used for nuclear testing. It also...
solve the problem." This would have required invoking the Insurrection Actof1807, last used to quell the 1992 Los Angeles riots on May 1, 1992, by Executive...
out of politics to stay apolitical." Esper broke with Trump by publicly opposing invocation of the InsurrectionActof1807 and the deployment of active-duty...
due to threats made by supporters of the monument. InsurrectionActof1807 Brooks–Baxter War List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States Clodfelter...
threatened to invoke the InsurrectionActof1807 in response to riots following the murder of George Floyd. Civilian control of the military Military Aid...
to deploy the military by invoking the InsurrectionActof1807. U.S. Ambassadors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, and China expressed...
were requested, and the President invoked the InsurrectionActof1807. Late that evening, elements of the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina...
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