What the Insurrection Act Really Does to America
January 17, 2026
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as posted by the channelFormer FBI special agent and Yale national security law expert Asha Rangappa breaks down how the Insurrection Act actually works, explaining why it is not the same as martial law, how it uniquely allows the US military to perform civilian law enforcement inside the United States, and why Trump’s threats to invoke it represent one of the most dangerous escalations against American democracy and civil liberties in modern times. #InsurrectionAct
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