National Guard

The president’s maximalist legal approach in deploying the military may well foreshadow broader use of the military in other American cities.

The spectacle in DC is a warning: presidential authority is being stretched simply to grab power. History tells us that’s how liberty erodes.

Carrie Cordero and Donell Harvin join David Aaron to discuss legal and policy considerations regarding federalization of law enforcement in DC.

"An alarming escalation of the president's efforts to use the military as a domestic police force. Based on currently available information, it appears to be illegal, as well"

"Congress has been far more clear than is widely believed about what its view is..."

"The state of California, however, has not yet raised this point in the ongoing litigation. That is a missed opportunity ...."

An expert discussion with audience Q&A on the events in Los Angeles, the federalization of the National Guard, and use of U.S. Marines.

"The Memorandum ... raises many of the same concerns as an Insurrection Act invocation would, and that could end up looking quite similar in practice."

An expert explainer by leading expert on the domestic deployment of the U.S. military.

How would – and how should – our most senior government leaders respond?

The legal and ethical frameworks that senior civilian and military leaders need to consider.

Debunking a new conspiracy theory that Trump ordered the National Guard to be ready on January 6, and that the select committee withheld information.