Recent events have turned public attention to the previously obscure Militia Act of 1903 and the even more obscure historians and political scientists interested in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century insurrection law. President Donald Trump claimed that the measure vests him with the power to federalize members of the California National Guard to curb what he claims … Read More Read More The post The Militia Act of 1903 in Historical Context appeared first on The Journal of the Civil War Era.
