{"id":2544799,"date":"2026-01-20T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-cnns-legal-analyst-admits-trump-has-broad-authority-to-crack-down-on-minnesota-with-insurrection-act-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:01:51","slug":"even-cnns-legal-analyst-admits-trump-has-broad-authority-to-crack-down-on-minnesota-with-insurrection-act-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-cnns-legal-analyst-admits-trump-has-broad-authority-to-crack-down-on-minnesota-with-insurrection-act-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Even CNN&#8217;s Legal Analyst Admits Trump Has &#8216;Broad Authority&#8217; to Crack Down on Minnesota with Insurrection Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feven-cnns-legal-analyst-admits-trump-has-broad-authority-to-crack-down-on-minnesota-with-insurrection-act-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2544799&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said President Trump legally coudl invoke the Insurrection Act in response to unrest in Minnesota, but called such a move &#8220;very dramatic&#8221; and historically unusual. The law would let the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >president deploy regular military forces<\/a> (not just the National Guard) to act in a domestic law\u2011enforcement role, usable in cases of rebellion, insurrection, or to enforce federal laws. Trump threatened to use the Act if Minnesota officials did not curb what he called &#8220;professional agitators&#8221; targeting ICE agents, though he later told reporters it was not currently necessary. The comment comes amid large anti\u2011ICE protests after the Jan.7 death of Renee Good-who was fatally shot after hitting an ICE agent with her vehicle-and an incident in which an ICE agent shot a Venezuelan national during an attack. The Department of homeland Security has deployed roughly 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota in what it called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-cnns-legal-analyst-admits-trump-has-broad-authority-to-crack-down-on-minnesota-with-insurrection-act\/\" title=\"Even CNN&#039;s Legal Analyst Admits ... Has &#039;Broad Authority&#039; to Crack Down on ... with ...\">largest immigration enforcement operation<\/a> in history, and the Pentagon put 200 Texas National Guard troops on standby. Democratic officials,including Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Rep. Ilhan Omar, have sharply criticized ICES actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said on Monday that President Donald Trump has the power to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to the upheaval in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>While tensions prevail in Minnesota over immigration enforcement, Trump floated the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act, which allows the president to nationally deploy troops to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/insurrection-act-can-be-utilized-unless-youre-name-is-trump\/\" title=\"The ... can be ...d, except if your name is ...\">quell civil disorder<\/a>, rebellion, and other instances of unrest. Honig argued on &ldquo;CNN News Central&rdquo; that while Trump has the legal authority to do this, it would be a &ldquo;dramatic step.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;T<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 0:22\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"21730\" data-end=\"26210\">he Insurrection Act would be a very dramatic step by the president,&rdquo; Honig said. &ldquo;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 0:22\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"21730\" data-end=\"26210\">This is a law<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 0:26\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"26210\" data-end=\"30490\">that allows the president essentially to take our military forces, and I don&rsquo;t mean National<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 0:30\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"30490\" data-end=\"35410\">Guard, I mean Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and turn them into local police, local law enforcement,<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 0:36\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"35670\" data-end=\"40130\">which ordinarily is not permitted. A couple of things to know about the Insurrection Act. <span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 0:40\">First of all, it gives the president very broad authority. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 0:36\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"35670\" data-end=\"40130\"><span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 0:40\">He can use it if there is a rebellion<\/span> <span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 0:46\">or insurrection or much more broadly, even if it&rsquo;s necessary to enforce federal laws.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 1:17\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"77010\" data-end=\"80890\">So, Donald Trump certainly does<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 1:21\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"80890\" data-end=\"84790\">have broad authority here if he wants to invoke the Insurrection Act, but I think it would be<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"cursor-pointer group\" title=\"Play starting at 1:25\"><span class=\"group-hover:bg-base-200 rounded p-0.5 -m-0.5\" data-start=\"84790\" data-end=\"88110\">wildly out of step with the way it&rsquo;s been invoked over our history,&rdquo; Honig continued.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Trump threatened that the Insurrection Act could be invoked if politicians in Minnesota did not &ldquo;stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists&rdquo; from attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, though he told reporters on Friday that the law is not currently needed. The Pentagon alerted 200 Texas National Guard troops this week to be on standby in case Trump followed through, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/16\/us\/minnesota-democrats-ice-hearing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The anti-ICE protests throughout Minnesota are in response to the death of Renee Good, who was fatally shot on Jan. 7 after she hit an ICE agent with her vehicle. An ICE agent also shot an illegal Venezuelan national in the leg after he got attacked with a snow shovel by three individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Around 3,000 federal agents have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/live-blog\/minneapolis-live-updates-tensions-flare-federal-officer-shoots-man-dhs-rcna254161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deployed<\/a> to Minnesota in what the Department of Homeland Security has deemed the largest immigration enforcement operation in history.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have ramped up their anti-ICE rhetoric since Good&rsquo;s death, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey telling ICE during a Jan. 7 press conference to &ldquo;get the f*** out&rdquo; of his city. Democratic Minnesota Rep. 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