What is his bar for invoking the Insurrection Act. And can you describe some of the conversations around that particular topic that have been underway. Well, sure.Right now, it's keeping California safe. If if Gavin Newsome isn't going to keep California safe, we are. So, right now in California, we're at a good point.We're not we're not scared to go further. We're not frightened to do something else if we need to. Right now, we're trying with the hammers banging up sidewalks.Is it something else. Like, wha ...

What would you have done if the president of the United States posed this option to you, not only deploying National Guard troops around the authority of a sitting governor, but in fact deploying active duty U.S. Marines to an American city. Well, if the president had actually asked me when I was a governor about deploying National Guard or active duty military, I would have first said, let's assess the situation and whether my law enforcement and civilian law enforcement has the capacity and capability to ...

First Amendment Rights & Peaceful Protest - Individuals have an absolute right to speak out and protest, but it is vitally important to do so peacefully, avoiding violence or destruction of property [3][4] - The success of Martin Luther King Jr was attributed to mass demonstrations with insisted discipline among the people engaged in those demonstrations [3] Government Overreach & Authoritarianism - The administration is potentially provoking citizens to elicit a response that would justify invoking the Insurrection Act and declaring martial law [1][2] - There is concern that the president is attempting to manufacture an excuse to act in an authoritarian and unconstitutional manner by falsely claiming a violent rebellion or insurrection [10] - The president's actions, such as threatening to jail political opponents and misusing the justice system, resemble authoritarianism [23][24][25][26][27][28] Insurrection Act & Definition - The president mentioned invoking the Insurrection Act to deal with situations, potentially in California [5] - The definition of insurrection involves a violent uprising against established authority or government, with organization and sometimes armed individuals aiming to overthrow or change the existing power [6][7] - It is argued that what is currently happening does not constitute an insurrection, as it lacks the elements of a violent uprising [7][8][9] Legal & Judicial Concerns - California sought relief against guard deployments, aiming to prevent the use of Marines and federalized National Guard to enforce immigration and civil laws [11][12] - There is disappointment that the petition for emergency relief was denied, as the harm could become irreparable if action is delayed [13][14][15] - The federal judiciary is criticized for presuming regularity and good faith from the president, despite evidence to the contrary [16][17][18]

You know, the deployment itself is the problem. We have very specific guardrails in the United States to make sure that we live under a civilian authority, not military rule. And so if the president wants to deploy the military, the president wants to deploy the National Guard without the consent of state and local leaders.There are only extremely specific rare circumstances under which you can do that. That's invasion. There's no invasion.That's rebellion. There's no rebellion. And if the state and local a ...

Welcome to the beat. I'm Ari Melbour and we are covering the late breaking news out of Los Angeles. Late today, the latest development in a clash that seems escalated by the federal government under the Trump administration includes now a small number of US Marines formally mobilized to respond to this ongoing clash and the protests.Today's protests, and you can see some of the footage and we've been tracking this, are overwhelmingly peaceful across the city there. The escalation though has little precedent ...