
Trump Hasn’t Played the Insurrection Act Card — Because He Can’t (Yet)
Even if parts of the electorate loudly call for the Insurrection Act to be used in Minnesota, popular support alone does not create legal authority. Disagreement, protests, political rhetoric, and heated press conferences — even on both sides — do not satisfy the statutory requirements.
What must happen before extraordinary federal authority could be invoked includes:
actual obstruction of federal enforcement,
courts affirming enforcement collapse,
exhaustion of legal remedies,
and specific judicial or administrative findings.

