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And why might he be doing that?

#4 | Posted by LampLighter
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The Insurrection Act allows US combat troops on American streets.

252. Use of militia and armed forces to enforce Federal authority

Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the rebellion.

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title10/subtitleA/part1/chapter13&edition=prelim

Once declared, martial law could also be declared, removing habeas corpus and allowing military tribunals to take the place of duly elected judges. With Turnip, anyone not in full fledged favor of his demands, could well be put in front of such a tribunal. You have only to look as far as the revenge cases against those who worked on things like his impeachment, or those who worked on gathering evidence for a trial, such as Jack Smith, or those who have gathered attention by publicly disclaiming him in a national setting. Further, with martial law, it could be demanded that all citizens remain with in their homes as a curfew to prevent further public unrest.

By the time that tribunals were to be set up you can be sure, only Turnip supporting officers would be allowed to be part of such a tribunal.

This has been Turnip's goal. To go with the Insurrection Act. It allows the military to bypass the Posse Comitatus Act and put military on the streets.

He can declare martial law but it's never been used to stop an election. It's not been tested under those circumstances. The law does say that the president has no say in elections, that it is up to states and the federal to control elections. What worries me in this is the "it's not been tested". Anyone that has seen what Turnip will go to in length knows he will use whatever vague law he can find to weasel into or out of whatever it is he seeks or if there is a gap the law leaves vague, he will seek to use that to his advantage.

It took no wizard to figure out when people start getting shot, protests come out. As it is ratchetted up, so to do the protests. You can pretty much bet this was done on purpose to all him to use the Insurrection Act. That's been the plan all along. I suspect in some way, he will seek to limit the election, make it far tougher for voting to occur, or perhaps, demand that citizens stay home under martial law, not allowing them to vote. It won't be said it's about blocking the vote but that will be the aim.

I call to your attention that all this pretty much is happening in only the Democrat run cities, with the exception of Louisiana who requested ICE's appearance. To me it looks more like Louisiana was the exception only to say it's not all Democratic run cities. By far the majority of actions have been in the blue states. Blocking the vote by demanding citizens stay off the streets would mean no opposition voting.

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