Pres. Trump Did Not Invoke the "Insurrection Act" in Los Angeles -- But He Can Now.

The text of the statute is not as controversial as the name suggests, and Democrat state leaders have brought it on themselves with their acceptance of chaos and rioting as political expression.

On Saturday, after watching the violence in Los Angeles escalate from being street protests of ICE enforcement activities to full-out assaults on federal law enforcement officers as they performed their lawful duties, President Trump exercised authority given to him by Congress as set forth in 10 U.S.C. Section 12406 — “National Guard in Federal service: call”

The text of that statute is as follows:

The first thing to note here is that the three numbered passages are written in the disjunctive — “or” joins them together. This means that only one of the three circumstances need be present for the President to be authorized to exercise the authority given to him by Congress in the full paragraph that follows (3).