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1992 Los Angeles Uprising

The 1992 Los Angeles uprising and its comparison to the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol Attack in terms of law-enforcement officer injuries.

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Jan 25, 2026
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How has the Insurrection Act been invoked historically and what legal challenges has it faced?

The has been a sporadically used but consequential statutory doorway for presidents to deploy federal troops on soil — invoked about 30 times across 230 years and most recently in 1992 during the riot...

Jan 30, 2026

Which specific presidential actions are listed among the roughly 30 invocations of the Insurrection Act?

Across roughly 230 years, presidents have invoked the about 30 times for a range of crises—from full-scale rebellion to racial violence, labor disputes, and episodes of civil unrest—and those invocati...

Jan 29, 2026

What are the historical instances of the Insurrection Act being invoked by US presidents?

has been invoked roughly 30 times across history by a minority of presidents to authorize the domestic use of federal military force in crises ranging from early rebellions to , labor unrest, , and th...

Jan 14, 2026

How does the number of injured federal officers on January 6 2021 compare to other major US riots?

The January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol resulted in roughly 140 law-enforcement officers being reported injured, with about 15 hospitalized and many reporting long-term traumatic and psychologi...

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