Putting iran on notice. Plus, are grassroots protests about to stop the nomination of betsy devos . And on the first day of black History Month, getting to know Frederick Douglass. Frederick douglass is an example of somebody whos done an amazing job. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, just over 13 months ago donald trump called for a complete and total shutdown of muslims entering the United States. Today according to the Trump Administration that has nothing to do with its ban on travel and people from seven muslim majority countries. Here was white house Secretary Sean Spicer earlier today. I think the president s been clear his number one goal is not to target any one religion but places and areas we believe there is an issue. Thats what the executive order was all about. He understands its not a religious problem, its a radicalization problem. Theres a big difference between islam the religion and radical islamic terrorist. First thing this m
Brussels. Morning, everybody. Im ali velshi in our headquarters in new york. Lets begin with the fallout from what turned out to be a violent night in politics in montana that grabbed nationwide attention. Voters are at the polls in a special election to fill the states open seat. They are being barraged by news that the republican candidate allegedly body slammed a reporter. Heres what we know. Guardian journalist ben jacobs said he was trying to ask a question during an event in bozeman when he was grabbed. The alleged assault was caught on tape. Heres the audio. Cause you know you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it just came out. Well talk about that later. Yeah, but theres not going to be time. I was just curious. Im sick and oo tired of you guys. The last guy that came here, you did the same thing. Get the hell out of here. Get the hell out of here. The last guy did the same thing. Are you with the guardian . Yes and you just broke m
Present at mccains funeral except the president , who is tweeting grievances about the doj and fbi. That twitter activity continued over the Labor Day Holiday and yesterday trump levied another attack on attorney general Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department, an attack that is quite notable even by trump standards. Good morning, and welcome to morning joe. Its tuesday, september 4th. I guess the summers officially over. With us we have former treasury official and morning joe economic an solicit Steve Rattner. Politics editor for the bailey beast sam stein. Nbc news Political Correspondent and host of kasie dc on msnbc. Yeah, kase hunt. Oh, yeah. Ro rockin into the fall. And columnist of the Washington Post Eugene Robinson and columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post David Ignatius and editorinchief of lawfair benjamin witis along with willie, joe and me and joe, wow, as we get ready to launch into the year, its an incredible moment in history marking the passing of jo
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Jefferson signed the measure into law to foil the plot of Revolutionary War hero Aaron Burr following the destruction of his political career after he shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel to raise an army toward establishing his own dynasty in what was then the Louisiana Territory.
The Insurrection Act empowers the president of the United States to deploy U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, and rebellion. Section 252 of the Act states:
“Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to enforce those law