Just got this from my mother in-law.
Can anyone confirm?
@Jeddak
"Before the president could use any of the powers provided to him under the Insurrection Act, he would first have to issue a formal proclamation ordering insurgents to disperse.
According to a Congressional Research Service research paper from 2006, the president must command insurgents to disperse within a set time frame. If that order is not complied with, the president then has the power to deploy troops to resolve the issue through an executive order.
The act was last invoked during the
Rodney King riots in Los Angeles in 1992, following a request from the former California Governor Pete Wilson. George H.W. Bush issued a proclamation on May 1, 1992, commanding all rioters to disperse, "retire peaceably," and cease all acts of violence and disorder."