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India Times // World // Asia

What is the ‘insurrection act’? Trump’s new favourite term - All you need to know about

Tuesday 7th October 2025, 3:17PM

President Trump has increasingly used the term "insurrection" to describe protests, suggesting he may invoke the nearly 230-year-old Insurrection Act to deploy troops. This law allows the president to use military force domestically under specific circumstances, bypassing local objections if federal law enforcement is deemed obstructed.

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