The Scholars' Circle

Scholars’ Circle – ICE and Militarization on the streets of Los Angeles – June 15, 2025

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President Trump has ordered federalization of the California National Guard and deployed them to Los Angeles. He also has deployed active Marines in the city. Does this violate the law? What is the law of posse comitatus? What is its history? And will mass protests help preserve democracy? The law of Posse Comitatus needs reform to prevent abuse? In today’s political environment, is this even possible? [ dur: 58mins. ]

  • David S. Meyer is Professor of Sociology, Political Science, and Planning, Policy, and Design at UC Irvine. He is the author of The Politics of Protest: Social Movements in America and co-editor of The Resistance: The Dawn of the Anti-Trump Opposition Movement. His blog is Politics Outdoors.
  • Gautham Rao is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the American University Washington, D.C. He is the author of The Federal “Posse Comitatus” Doctrine: Slavery, Compulsion, and Statecraft in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America.

    • This program is produced by Doug Becker, Maria Armoudian, Ankine Aghassian, and Sudd Dongre.

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