Newsweek Discovers Trump Could Do What Biden Already Did
Newsweek explores the terrifying hypothetical of Donald Trump deploying the Insurrection Act, dusting off legal analysis from 2020. This suddenly urgent concern for executive overreach conveniently overlooks that President Biden has already used its authority —numerous times, in fact, most notably to extend border national emergencies, which were themselves declared by Trump. The article focuses
on Trump's rhetoric, specifically his past considerations for using the Act against Black Lives Matter protests, as reported by outlets like the New York Times in 2020. It's a selective memory that frames potential future actions as uniquely dangerous, rather than a continuation of established—and often bipartisan—presidential power plays. One might wonder if the concern about unchecked executive
military power only registers when a certain political boogeyman is in office, or if the Act itself is the real issue. Funny how the Constitution becomes a sudden priority depending on who's holding the pen.