Ken Thomas

It's a law from 1807 that allows the president to use the military for civilian law enforcement purposes on U.S.

soil under a narrow set of circumstances.

It's been used a few dozen times in our nation's history, but it's been exceedingly rare in modern history.

We saw it used in the 1960s during the Civil Rights Movement, but we have not seen it used since 1992 to deal with the civil unrest in the Los Angeles area.

after the acquittal of four police officers and the beating of Rodney King.

Now, it's important to note that President George H.W.

Bush did this at the request of California's governor at the time, Pete Wilson.

I think you would see opponents argue that he is fabricating an insurrection when it doesn't exist.

I think you would also see legal opponents make the case that this is constituting an abuse of power or a bad faith effort to try to suppress dissent for political reasons, not to try to enforce federal law or to protect civil rights.

The key thing here is that this has been used in our country's history, but not recently.

And so any legal challenge would be plowing through new ground here.

There's just a real fear among some in Congress that this is an attempt by the executive branch to run roughshod over the legislative branch.

There's just a real fear among some in Congress that this is an attempt by the executive branch to run roughshod over the legislative branch.

Well, the controversy really stems from this push by the Trump administration to basically clean house within the Library of Congress. As you mentioned, President Trump fired Carla Hayden. She has been the librarian of Congress for the last nine years. And then they also moved to remove some of her deputies as well, including the person who runs the U.S.

Well, the controversy really stems from this push by the Trump administration to basically clean house within the Library of Congress. As you mentioned, President Trump fired Carla Hayden. She has been the librarian of Congress for the last nine years. And then they also moved to remove some of her deputies as well, including the person who runs the U.S.

Copyright Office within the Library of Congress. Now, this has really touched a nerve with some members of Congress who would argue that this is an institution that serves us and it also serves the Supreme Court and that the president is trying to do what he's done in other agencies elsewhere.

Copyright Office within the Library of Congress. Now, this has really touched a nerve with some members of Congress who would argue that this is an institution that serves us and it also serves the Supreme Court and that the president is trying to do what he's done in other agencies elsewhere.

during the start of his administration, which is put in place his people and try to fundamentally change the institution.

during the start of his administration, which is put in place his people and try to fundamentally change the institution.

Well, this is the largest library in the world, and it has just a huge repository of information. And the fear that you hear from people who work inside the library and who have worked there previously is what happens if, say, a Doge-like operation has access to this information. One of the officials who was dismissed said,