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Reporting does not substantiate a clear-cut claim that the so-called “green gas” used in Minnesota is categorically “poisonous” or that it is expressly “forbidden” to the U.S. military; local court or...
President Trump has deployed or sought to deploy National Guard and, at times, federalized troops to multiple Democratic-led cities this year — including Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles; Portland; Chica...
The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) requires service members to obey lawful orders but recognizes a duty (and sometimes an obligation) to refuse orders that are “patently illegal,” including c...
Minneapolis is not under foreign occupation or martial law, but it is experiencing an exceptionally large surge of federal immigration agents — reported at roughly 3,000 — whose presence, tactics and ...
Title 32 keeps National Guard units under state control while often using federal funding, producing a hybrid status that preserves gubernatorial command but extends federal pay and benefits . Title 1...
The three supplied analyses present a mixed picture but converge on a central point: in recent 2025 cases . Recent judicial rulings blocking or criticizing such deployments indicate that unilateral fe...
There is no established instance in United States history where martial law was declared or used with the explicit, successful purpose of canceling or directly overturning a regularly scheduled federa...
U.S. military law requires service members to obey lawful orders and to refuse orders that are manifestly illegal (e.g., criminal acts, violations of the Constitution or the laws of war), but determin...
The National Guard may be used for domestic law enforcement primarily when protecting federal personnel, property, or to restore order under specific statutory authorities, but —notably the Posse Comi...