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Can the president really order the military to occupy US cities and states?

  • Written by Jennifer Selin, Kinder Institute Assistant Professor of Constitutional Democracy, University of Missouri-Columbia
imagePresident Donald Trump makes a statement to the press in the Rose Garden about restoring "law and order" in the wake of protests.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

After a week of both peaceful protests and violent chaos in the wake of George Floyd’s death, President Donald Trump announced, “If a city or state refuses to take the actions...

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