1807 Insurrection Act
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We have been hearing whispers coming from the White House about invoking the Insurrection Act over the past eight months. Regretfully, the whispers have grown louder. Joseph Nunn of the Brennan Center for Justice has written an informative article explaining the Insurrection Act that I hope you will read. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/insurrection-act-explained I have written about dissent
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The United States is a nation founded upon dissent. Colonialists often voiced their protests against the British government’s policies. On the 1st of November, 1765, when the Stamp Act was about to be enacted, New Yorkers flew flags at half-staff and rioted, burning effigies of Lieutenant Governor Cadwaller Colden, and the house of an unpopular
Charles van Heck's Woodhull Journal 