Reform the Insurrection Act

The Insurrection Act lets a president use active-duty troops as domestic police with vague triggers, no time limit, and no congressional sign-off.

A letter to your members of Congress. Facts checked September 24, 2026.

The explainer behind this letter Insurrection Act When a president can use troops at home, and the checks on it

The Letter

Subject Reform the Insurrection Act Before It Is Used Against Our Cities

The Insurrection Act lets a president put active-duty troops on American streets to act as police. Once he signs the proclamation, there is no time limit, no required report to Congress, and no clear role for the courts.

That matters now. In December 2025 the Supreme Court narrowed the Guard call-up law the administration used in 2025, which leaves the Insurrection Act as the clearest route for troops doing police work. The president has threatened to invoke it more than once.

The Act has a proud history. President Eisenhower used it in 1957 to enforce a court order at Little Rock. Reform keeps that power for real emergencies.

Please cosponsor the Insurrection Act of 2025, S. 2070 and H.R. 4076. It would require a report to Congress, end any deployment after seven days unless Congress approves it, and let people harmed by a deployment go to court.

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I am calling to ask my member of Congress to cosponsor the Insurrection Act of 2025, S. 2070 in the Senate and H.R. 4076 in the House.
Once a president invokes the Insurrection Act, troops can act as police with no time limit and no report to Congress.
The Supreme Court narrowed the other Guard law in December 2025, which makes the Insurrection Act the clearest route for troops on our streets.
This bill ends any deployment after seven days unless Congress approves it and lets people harmed by a deployment go to court. Please cosponsor it.

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The Facts Behind the Ask

1992 the last time a president invoked the Insurrection Act, for the Los Angeles riots at the governor's request (source)
$496 million CBO estimate of what the 2025 troop deployments to U.S. cities cost through December (source)
6-3 Supreme Court vote in Trump v. Illinois (December 2025) keeping the federalized Illinois Guard off the streets (source)
7 days how long a deployment could last under S. 2070 before Congress must approve it (source)

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