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Former DOD Chief of Staff and your commentary is not correct:
the Insurrection Act allows the president to call up the active military or federalize the National Guard under three circumstances:
At the request of a state. That's how it was most recently used, when Pete Wilson, then the governor of California, asked for federal help in 1992 to control violent protests after police officers were acquitted in the attack on Rodney King.
To enforce federal law. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan ordered the Defense Department to provide military units to help suppress violence at a federal prison in Atlanta. The disturbance was over before the troops arrived.
To protect civil rights. This provision authorizes the president to use the military to suppress "any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy" if local law enforcement is unable to provide sufficient protection. It doesn't require the request — or even the permission — of the state.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/what-president-s-authority-send-federal-troops-n1222166
CNN Exclusive: Biden administration offers convicted Russian arms dealer in exchange for Griner, Whelan
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