Adam Schiff: “The Insurrection Act was originally enacted in 1792 during a…”

“… Miller, have dusted off and may be prepared to deploy a different archaic law to form an even more dangerous and expansive legal basis for these deployments. And that is The Insurrection Act was originally enacted in 1792 during a very different era when our republic was in its infancy. It was intended to provide the President, in only the rarest and most extreme circumstances, with the ability to federalize our military to respond to and suppress a rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States.” (04:36–04:45)

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