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Hello back! No, invoking the Insurrection Act would not give him control of everything, nor would it make him immune from legal removal. The big question here is: would this Republican-led Congress and/or right wing supermajority on the Supreme Court act when necessary?
The President remains subject to the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, judicial review, and the established processes for removal from office. Those established processes are: impeachment and removal by Congress, OR the invocation of provisions of the 25th Amendment regarding a President’s inability to carry out his duties. Even when the Insurrection Act IS invoked, the Constitution and its protections for civil liberties do not disappear.
Invoking the Insurrection Act is NOT a declaration of martial law, which typically involves the military taking over civilian government functions. But thank goodness under current law, the president has no authority to unilaterally declare martial law.
Nope, he doesn’t care! And he has too many enablers right now. In fact, this was all written for him and his minions in Project 2025!!
If these Republicans in Congress do not grow a spine, and these lower court rulings (which are holding Trump in check) continue to be reversed, we’re screwed.
Hope you have an amazing time with us in our beautiful country - feel free to pop me a message if your stuck on anything and I'll send you to who can help x
Hi, I was just reading replies. My Grandmother was from Scotland. I wish that I could get away from this. Every day it's something else. Is it hard to immigrate to Scotland. I am retired and have a dog and cat.
Hello back! No, invoking the Insurrection Act would not give him control of everything, nor would it make him immune from legal removal. The big question here is: would this Republican-led Congress and/or right wing supermajority on the Supreme Court act when necessary?
The President remains subject to the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, judicial review, and the established processes for removal from office. Those established processes are: impeachment and removal by Congress, OR the invocation of provisions of the 25th Amendment. Even when the Insurrection Act IS invoked, the Constitution and its protections for civil liberties do not disappear.
Invoking the Insurrection Act is NOT a declaration of martial law, which typically involves the military taking over civilian government functions. But thank goodness under current law, the president has no authority to unilaterally declare martial law.
The President CANNOT cancel an election under either circumstance. I didn’t think so, but I wasn’t sure so I checked, lol.
FROM GOOGLE:
The President of the United States cannot cancel federal elections under the Insurrection Act, martial law, or any other emergency power. The Constitution and federal law are explicitly designed to prevent the President from interfering with the election process to remain in power.
Insurrection Act and Elections:
The Insurrection Act allows the President to deploy U.S. military troops domestically to assist civilian law enforcement in suppressing an insurrection or enforcing federal laws.
It does not grant the President the authority to seize control of civilian government functions, such as administering elections, or to suspend the Constitution.
Invoking the Act has no legal mechanism for altering the date or process of a federal election.
Martial Law and Elections:
Under current law, the President has no unilateral authority to declare martial law nationwide.
Even if martial law were declared (which typically only occurs in a situation where the civil courts are no longer functioning), it would not legally allow the President to cancel elections.
Elections are run by the individual states, and the dates for federal elections are set by federal statute enacted by Congress in 1845.
The Constitution mandates that the President's term ends on January 20th at noon, regardless of whether an election has occurred, ensuring a peaceful transfer of power.
Authority to Postpone Elections:
Only Congress has the authority to change the date of a federal election, and any such change would require a bill to pass both the House and the Senate and be signed into law.
Historically, federal elections have never been postponed or canceled, even during major crises such as the Civil War, two World Wars, or pandemics.
The framework of U.S. law and the Constitution intentionally distributes power and sets fixed terms for officeholders to ensure elections proceed as scheduled and to prevent any single person from undermining the democratic process.
Let us not forget that the felon unleashed a violent insurrection on J6, and was never held accountable for doing so! He sees the Dems as a weak adversary that he can just vanquish with little effort through his incessant lies! I truly hope that the Dems stand their ground on this government shutdown until the felon and his regime guarantee the subsidies for the ACA! Oh! And put it in writing!
Great info today. How can you continue to be so calm! I'm a retired journalist and I so appreciate the Break Down. I guess we just have to take this one day at a time. And brush up on our personal tools of being able to discern between truth, fact, fiction and bullshit. Hats off!
The question should be “when will the felon invoke the Insurrection Act not will Trump invoke the Insurrection Act”! He will find an absurd reason to do so and by the time the courts react, he will have done what he wanted to do by invoking it! Mark my words!
Isn't that already being done with the thugs & goons pardoned by Traitor? Being paid by the head after being given the ridiculous directive by Stephen Miller to arrest 3k people a day or whatever that creep comes up with?
Hello back! No, invoking the Insurrection Act would not give him control of everything, nor would it make him immune from legal removal. The big question here is: would this Republican led Congress and/or right wing supermajority on the Supreme Court act when necessary?
The President remains subject to the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, judicial review, and the established processes for removal from office. Those established processes are: impeachment and removal by Congress, OR the invocation of specific provisions of the 25th Amendment pertaining to the President being “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office”. Even when the Insurrection Act IS invoked, the Constitution and its protections for civil liberties do not disappear.
Invoking the Insurrection Act is NOT a declaration of martial law, which typically involves the military taking over civilian government functions. But thank goodness under current law, the president has no authority to unilaterally declare martial law.
Hi, hope you had a great time! Does invoking that act mean he has control of everything and cannot be removed legally? Hello from Scotland!
Hello back! No, invoking the Insurrection Act would not give him control of everything, nor would it make him immune from legal removal. The big question here is: would this Republican-led Congress and/or right wing supermajority on the Supreme Court act when necessary?
The President remains subject to the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, judicial review, and the established processes for removal from office. Those established processes are: impeachment and removal by Congress, OR the invocation of provisions of the 25th Amendment regarding a President’s inability to carry out his duties. Even when the Insurrection Act IS invoked, the Constitution and its protections for civil liberties do not disappear.
Invoking the Insurrection Act is NOT a declaration of martial law, which typically involves the military taking over civilian government functions. But thank goodness under current law, the president has no authority to unilaterally declare martial law.
Hi and thank you!
Do you really think he cares about that though?
Total newbie and no legal experience at all but he's setting himself up as dictator for life (hopefully gerbil years)
Gerbil years, lol! 🤞🤞🤞
Nope, he doesn’t care! And he has too many enablers right now. In fact, this was all written for him and his minions in Project 2025!!
If these Republicans in Congress do not grow a spine, and these lower court rulings (which are holding Trump in check) continue to be reversed, we’re screwed.
Yes
Hope to visit soon! I have some relatives there…thinking of possible escape routes
Hope you have an amazing time with us in our beautiful country - feel free to pop me a message if your stuck on anything and I'll send you to who can help x
Hi, I was just reading replies. My Grandmother was from Scotland. I wish that I could get away from this. Every day it's something else. Is it hard to immigrate to Scotland. I am retired and have a dog and cat.
No. It’s more complicated and less extreme than that but very scary nonetheless
Hello back! No, invoking the Insurrection Act would not give him control of everything, nor would it make him immune from legal removal. The big question here is: would this Republican-led Congress and/or right wing supermajority on the Supreme Court act when necessary?
The President remains subject to the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, judicial review, and the established processes for removal from office. Those established processes are: impeachment and removal by Congress, OR the invocation of provisions of the 25th Amendment. Even when the Insurrection Act IS invoked, the Constitution and its protections for civil liberties do not disappear.
Invoking the Insurrection Act is NOT a declaration of martial law, which typically involves the military taking over civilian government functions. But thank goodness under current law, the president has no authority to unilaterally declare martial law.
The President CANNOT cancel an election under either circumstance. I didn’t think so, but I wasn’t sure so I checked, lol.
FROM GOOGLE:
The President of the United States cannot cancel federal elections under the Insurrection Act, martial law, or any other emergency power. The Constitution and federal law are explicitly designed to prevent the President from interfering with the election process to remain in power.
Insurrection Act and Elections:
The Insurrection Act allows the President to deploy U.S. military troops domestically to assist civilian law enforcement in suppressing an insurrection or enforcing federal laws.
It does not grant the President the authority to seize control of civilian government functions, such as administering elections, or to suspend the Constitution.
Invoking the Act has no legal mechanism for altering the date or process of a federal election.
Martial Law and Elections:
Under current law, the President has no unilateral authority to declare martial law nationwide.
Even if martial law were declared (which typically only occurs in a situation where the civil courts are no longer functioning), it would not legally allow the President to cancel elections.
Elections are run by the individual states, and the dates for federal elections are set by federal statute enacted by Congress in 1845.
The Constitution mandates that the President's term ends on January 20th at noon, regardless of whether an election has occurred, ensuring a peaceful transfer of power.
Authority to Postpone Elections:
Only Congress has the authority to change the date of a federal election, and any such change would require a bill to pass both the House and the Senate and be signed into law.
Historically, federal elections have never been postponed or canceled, even during major crises such as the Civil War, two World Wars, or pandemics.
The framework of U.S. law and the Constitution intentionally distributes power and sets fixed terms for officeholders to ensure elections proceed as scheduled and to prevent any single person from undermining the democratic process.
Doubtful. Been awhile since his last. He suffers from ID. He’s been lobbying Big Pharma heavily
Let us not forget that the felon unleashed a violent insurrection on J6, and was never held accountable for doing so! He sees the Dems as a weak adversary that he can just vanquish with little effort through his incessant lies! I truly hope that the Dems stand their ground on this government shutdown until the felon and his regime guarantee the subsidies for the ACA! Oh! And put it in writing!
Great info today. How can you continue to be so calm! I'm a retired journalist and I so appreciate the Break Down. I guess we just have to take this one day at a time. And brush up on our personal tools of being able to discern between truth, fact, fiction and bullshit. Hats off!
Amen!
The question should be “when will the felon invoke the Insurrection Act not will Trump invoke the Insurrection Act”! He will find an absurd reason to do so and by the time the courts react, he will have done what he wanted to do by invoking it! Mark my words!
There hasn’t been anything close to J6 when fatdons goons attacked their own country!
Bovino is a freak! Where the hell did Trump find this guy?
Thank you for breaking it down 👌🏻
Whoa
I found this brief from 2020.
https://substack.com/@elirassi1/note/c-164352811?r=48njlj&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Isn't that already being done with the thugs & goons pardoned by Traitor? Being paid by the head after being given the ridiculous directive by Stephen Miller to arrest 3k people a day or whatever that creep comes up with?
Oh how I love The Breakdown!
Great report, as usual. Thank you,Allison.
Hello back! No, invoking the Insurrection Act would not give him control of everything, nor would it make him immune from legal removal. The big question here is: would this Republican led Congress and/or right wing supermajority on the Supreme Court act when necessary?
The President remains subject to the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, judicial review, and the established processes for removal from office. Those established processes are: impeachment and removal by Congress, OR the invocation of specific provisions of the 25th Amendment pertaining to the President being “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office”. Even when the Insurrection Act IS invoked, the Constitution and its protections for civil liberties do not disappear.
Invoking the Insurrection Act is NOT a declaration of martial law, which typically involves the military taking over civilian government functions. But thank goodness under current law, the president has no authority to unilaterally declare martial law.
No
Informative as always. Hope you had a rejuvenating vacation.