Unpacking Trump’s Order Authorizing Domestic Deployment of the Military The president's move represents an unprecedented, dangerous, and legally doubtful exercise of power.

Brennan Center analysis shows Trump bypassed the Insurrection Act by invoking a rare statute and claimed inherent authority to authorize domestic military deployments. #StatutoryLoophole #PosseComitatus #DomesticDeployment #CivilMilitaryRelations #AuthoritarianRisk #BrennanCenter