Explainer: What power does Trump actually have to deploy the military to US cities? – Metro Philadelphia

Explainer: What power does Trump actually have to deploy the military to US cities? – Metro Philadelphia

President Donald Trump’s efforts to deploy the military for law enforcement duties in selected American cities is likely to end up before the US Supreme Court. If it does, the nine justices will be faced with sorting out a dog’s breakfast of constitutional and statutory laws full of contradictions and ambiguities. Given the propensity of the current Supreme Court to support and even extend the scope of presidential authority, it could very well …