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fromThe Atlantic
5 days ago

What Trump Could Learn From Ulysses S. Grant

The American military is not supposed to intervene in domestic politics. This is the long-standing norm governing U.S. civil-military relations. The Constitution asserts civilian control over the military, divided between the executive and legislative branches, as a means of preventing the military from becoming a partisan force of domestic oppression. President Donald Trump has destabilized this arrangement more than any president in recent memory.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Washington DC sues over Trump's deployment of the national guard

Washington, D.C. sued to block the deployment of federalized National Guard troops, alleging unlawful domestic military policing and violation of the Home Rule Act.
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