Insurrection Act

President Donald Trump said Monday he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act to bypass court rulings and deploy federal troops in U.S. cities where local officials are resisting. “We have an Insurrection Act for a reason,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, adding, “If people were being killed and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I’d do that.”

That remark marks a sharp turn in Trump’s escalating standoff with Democratic-led cities over the use of the military in domestic law enforcement. His broader campaign has already seen federalization of National Guard …