Professor Steven Levitsky says US President Donald Trump has been a “huge blow” to democracy as the president threatens to call in the military in response to Black Lives Matter protests taking place across the country. The President announced he was prepared to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 as the US heads into a 10th night of protest following the death of George Floyd in police custody. “There’s an 1807 law that allows the President to mobilise the military and send in the troops against US citizens across the country,” Mr Levitsky said. “That law has been used periodically but never seriously used to repress American citizens. “But Donald Trump, who has never exercised restraint in the use of power, is threatening to do it. “So a president who is unable, unwilling to be restrained in his use of power and his use of constitutional prerogatives is a threat to democracy and that’s what we’re facing right now.” Image: AP
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2020-06-05 04:37:13Z
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