The final use of the laws was in 1992, when President George H. W. Bush invoked it to ship troops to Los Angeles to place down the Rodney King riots.
As protests in opposition to federal immigration enforcement flared throughout Los Angeles over the weekend, questions have arisen about whether or not President Donald Trump will invoke the Riot Act of 1807, and ship energetic obligation U.S. navy members to quell the rioting and vandalism.
The legislation permits the president to deploy the Nationwide Guard or different U.S. navy personnel to place down an rebellion that interferes with the rights of the populace if “the constituted authorities of that state are unable, fail, or refuse” to take action.