President Trump is right and within his rights to deploy federal troops in DC.

But what about Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles?

Federalism still matters, and the President should not run roughshod over the rights, powers, and authorities of the states and the people. Do we want a country where the President can just enforce anything by sending in federal troops anytime, anywhere, for any duration?

On the other hand, rampant crime in one city spreads to other cities and across the country. Should the United States tolerate an insurrection of violence in one population hub, only to watch it metastasize across the country? Race riots during the Johnson Administration and during the first Trump Administration justified calling up the National Guard.

But those were emergencies, and t

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