The Constitution, Law and Order: How Far Can a President Go?
When a president calls out the National Guard to restore order in American cities, passions rise quickly.
Some applaud the decisive action, seeing it as a president’s duty to protect the public from crime, the drug culture and lawlessness. Others recoil, arguing that the Constitution assigns the responsibility of policing to states and municipalities, not to the federal government.
This debate surfaced with intensity during Donald Trump’s presidency, when he considered or initiated deployments of federal forces in cities plagued by violence.
To some, it was overdue leadership. To others, it was presidential overreach.
I saw a glimpse of the human cost of this tension in Philadelphia. During a hospital stay, two nurses told me they dreaded living in the city.
Author's summary: Presidents' power to restore order is debated.
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