Legal experts worry about presidential abuse of the Insurrection Act. Here's why
Experts say the Insurrection Act gives a president too much sweeping power to deploy troops on American soil without guard rails or proper oversight from Congress.
A bipartisan group of legal experts is sounding an alarm about presidential power this election season.
They're pushing Congress to update a cluster of laws known as the Insurrection Act and limit how the White House can deploy troops on American soil, in case a future president takes advantage of that sweeping power.
"It's really up to the president to decide when to use the armed forces as a domestic police force," said Elizabeth Goitein,
