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Trump’s National Guard use sets up legal clash testing executive power
Trump envisions a stronger role for the military on U.S. soil, a situation that raises significant questions of constitutional law and federalism.
Judge asks if troops in Los Angeles are violating Posse Comitatus Act
A federal judge held a brief hearing over whether the Trump administration should continue its deployment of troops to Los Angeles.
Opinion
Militarizing America’s southern border is a slippery slope
The U.S. military has been hurled into an unprecedented and dangerous role as a police force along the U.S.-Mexico border, the author of this op-ed argues.
By Caroline Zier
US Army to control federal land along US-Mexico border
The move could allow the Trump administration to get around a federal law prohibiting U.S. troops from being used in domestic law enforcement on U.S. soil.
By Tara Copp, AP and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press