Armed US agents on city streets: can President do that?
Author: BEN FOX Associated Press
Published: 4:57 AM EDT July 22, 2020
Updated: 4:57 AM EDT July 22, 2020
... Trump says federal agents could be deployed elsewhere as he makes law and order a central element in his struggling re-election campaign ...
... Federal authorities can enforce federal laws on federal property, like the courthouse in downtown Portland. But state and local officials say the federal agents have operated beyond their jurisdiction, and that has raised constitutional issues now being challenged in court. As Michael Dorf, a professional of constitutional law at Cornell University, told The Associated Press, “The idea that there’s a threat to a federal courthouse and the federal authorities are going to swoop in and do whatever they want to do without any cooperation and coordination with state and local authorities is extraordinary outside the context of a civil war" ...
... Employing DHS on its own, in a mission that seems to be suspiciously aligned with the president's reelection campaign, appears to be unprecedented. “If the public begins to perceive that they are being partisan in how they operate they lose credibility, and if they lose credibility, they lose public trust,” said Cohen, who now teaches at Georgetown University ...
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The federal government is waging war on citizens who are legally protesting using their 1st Amendment rights in violation of the United States Constitution and against the wishes of local authorities and American citizens. We are now a giant step into fascism. We need to take a stand NOW or it will be too late. I am worried and 
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