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ZenMode said:
This is good, right? Trump isn't overstepping his authority and "invading" Chicago, declaring war on America or whatever else was claimed to be happening.
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What terminology would you use when Trump illegally sends the National Guard into a state without the governor’s consent (as a court ruled he did in Los Angeles)?

Is “illegally sending troops” appreciably different from invading? I also looked up the definition of “invade” and it fits very well into what Trump was threatening to do.

As for “declaring war,” it was Trump that first use the word “war.”
 
ChileG said:
What terminology would you use when Trump illegally sends the National Guard into a state without the governor’s consent (as a court ruled he did in Los Angeles)?
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I think the President has the authority to send the Marines into LA to protect Federal buildings, which is all they were doing. They weren't engaging with rioters.
ChileG said:
Is “illegally sending troops” appreciably different from invading? I also looked up the definition of “invade” and it fits very well into what Trump was threatening to do.

As for “declaring war,” it was Trump that first use the word “war.”
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I haven't seen an true example of "illegally" sending troops anywhere so far, that includes LA and DC, which is under the control of the federal government.

www.dailynews.com

Marines will take over protection of Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles

The company of about 200 Marines has been there training with the National Guard, but are now taking over guarding the federal building.
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ZenMode said:
I think the President has the authority to send the Marines into LA to protect Federal buildings, which is all they were doing. They weren't engaging with rioters.

I haven't seen a true example of "illegally" sending troops anywhere so far, that includes LA and DC, which is under the control of the federal government.
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A court ruled it was illegal.

But forget LA for the moment. If Trump did send in the National Guard to Chicago without the governor’s consent, do you agree that would be illegal? If so, what word would you use?
 
FWIW, New Orleans is following similar trends of decreasing crime rates in cities across the nation.

Murder rate has a 22% drop from 2024. And 2024 was a 35% drop from 2023. The rate is near the 50-year low for the city.
Personal crime overall is -17% yoy. Property crime overall is -21% yoy.

Dumb, contrived publicity stunt by clown-in-chief.
 
ChileG said:
A court ruled it was illegal.
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Ok, if they were used for domestic law enforcement, yes, that is illegal.
ChileG said:
But forget LA for the moment. If Trump did send in the National Guard to Chicago without the governor’s consent, do you agree that would be illegal? If so, what word would you use?
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I would call it illegal, yes. Unconstitutional? Yes. Probably not declaring war or "invasion".
 
nycfan said:
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“… The latest rejection, known as a no true bill, came Tuesday, when U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office informed a judge grand jurors had declined to indict D.C. attorney Paul Bryant on multiple felonies. Prosecutors had charged Bryant, a West Point and Columbia Law School grad, with assaulting and threatening to kill members of the National Guard who were patrolling a busy nightlife corridor as part of the federal surge. Bryant now faces two misdemeanors – a significant step down from the 20-year felony prosecutors had sought.

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The wave of grand jury rejections has drawn criticism from defense attorneys and judges in D.C. who’ve seen prosecutors over the last month charge multiple defendants with serious felonies only to move to dismiss them weeks later. Several defendants were held without bond at the request of the government – only to see the case downgraded to a misdemeanor offense after a grand jury declined to indict.

One defendant accused of threatening the president, Edward Dana, spent a week at the D.C. Jail before he was granted release over prosecutors' objection. Pirro's office ultimately moved to dismiss his federal case when a grand jury declined to indict him. Dana now faces four misdemeanor vandalism and threats charges in D.C. Superior Court.

The treatment of Dana, who has described himself as a “person with disabilities,” sparked outrage from Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui, one of four magistrates who signs off on arrest warrants and handles various pretrial hearings, including detention requests, for D.C.’s federal court. Faruqui asked why Pirro’s office wasn’t, out of “sheer embarrassment and shame,” asking him to expunge the record of Dana’s arrest and suggested prosecutors owed him an apology.

“I don’t know when it became ‘you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet,’” Faruqui said. “This is not an egg. This is a human being.”

Faruqui’s comments drew the ire of Pirro … In a statement to WUSA9 in August, Pirro accused grand jurors of becoming “politicized.” During an interview with her former employer last month, Pirro told Fox News D.C. residents had become “so used to crime” that they don’t care if laws are being violated. …”
 
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