Meg Anderson

Yeah.

So first, the president has threatened to use that law many times before and hasn't.

Still, in a post on Truth Social, he said he would invoke the act if state officials don't, quote, stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of ICE.

That law is more than 200 years old.

It's controversial.

Basically, it would give the president sweeping powers to deploy the military here without the state's consent.

The last time it was invoked was during the 1992 riots in Los Angeles.

Right.

And how are local leaders responding to this?

So Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said he would challenge the use of the law in court.

He emphasized in a statement to NPR that Minnesotans are responding peacefully.

There's no reason for that law to be invoked.

Senator Amy Klobuchar has said the administration is escalating the situation and not the other way around.

That is NPR's Meg Anderson.

Meg, thank you.

The president said he would institute the act if state officials don't quote, stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of ICE.

The law has been invoked before.

The last time was during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

During that use, the U.S.

Marines opened fire on a home during a misunderstanding between troops and police.