Rob Bonta

different than the other statute that he used, 10 USC 406 and some other statutes is that it's a exception to the Posse Comitatus Act.

So if he invokes Insurrection Act and deploys military in American cities,

The Posse Comitatus Act, which generally prohibits the military from engaging in civilian law enforcement, it doesn't apply.

The military can engage in civilian law enforcement if the Insurrection Act is invoked.

And the...

president and those around him have a very robust, that's a euphemism, I think it's unlawful, unconstitutional view of federal power when it comes to the military.

I think that they think that they can invoke the Insurrection Act for any reason or no reason at all, and they can't be questioned and courts can't stop them and that it's not reviewable by any judge.

even if there's nothing close to an insurrection.

And let's be clear, there is nothing close to an insurrection anywhere in the United States of America.

There's no basis, not even close to lawfully invoke the Insurrection Act.

But the president wants the power.

That's what he seeks.

And if he says there's an insurrection, he likes the power that comes with it.

and the exception to the Posse Comitatus Act and the ability to move the military into blue cities.

And that's why the threshold is so high that there has to be an actual insurrection for 10 U.S.C.

12406.

There had to be an invasion or a rebellion or an inability to execute the laws with the, they call it the regular forces in that statute.

high thresholds, these are emergency powers, exigent powers, powers to rarely are there facts on the ground that justify them.

But there's a saying that emergency powers beget emergencies and that the executive branch sees an emergency everywhere they look, not because there's actually an emergency, but because they like the power if there were an emergency.

So that's why Stephen Miller is saying everything is an invasion.