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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump's claim isn't quite that tenuous. Check section (2):

there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States

That's the basis for this. They're characterising Angelinos resisting ICE as "a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States", since ICE is an extension of that same authority. It's a weak claim, but not as completely buckwild as claiming a foreign invasion.

[–] jonathan7luke@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's a fair point. I was under the assumption that they were still using the "invasion" thing since that was what they leaned into for the deportations. I can definitely see them going with "rebellion" instead.

Seems like there is some (temporary) good news on the topic at least:

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday directing President Donald Trump to return control of the National Guard to California.

The order, which takes effect at noon Friday, said the deployment of the Guard was illegal and both violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded Trump’s statutory authority.

- https://apnews.com/article/california-immigration-national-guard-newsom-trump-lawsuit-aedf8cdd95ee899c9559d5e54a2e4833

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

When taking to the press they purposefully used words like "invasion" and "rebellion" to help with justification of invoking this obscure law but it is clear it is not.