{"id":7354,"date":"2024-02-09T19:41:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harvardnsj.org\/?p=7354"},"modified":"2025-08-14T17:28:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:28:43","slug":"statutory-authority-to-use-federal-troops-to-assist-in-the-protection-of-the-president-nov-12-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2024\/02\/statutory-authority-to-use-federal-troops-to-assist-in-the-protection-of-the-president-nov-12-1969\/","title":{"rendered":"Statutory Authority to use federal troops to assist in the protection of the President (Nov. 12, 1969)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/02\/Reading-Room-Use-of-Federal-Troops-President-Nov.-12-1969.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Reading Room - Use of Federal Troops - President (Nov. 12, 1969).\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4a7c3c0e-1911-4c83-9705-56c323f55013\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/02\/Reading-Room-Use-of-Federal-Troops-President-Nov.-12-1969.pdf\">Reading Room &#8211; Use of Federal Troops &#8211; President (Nov. 12, 1969)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/02\/Reading-Room-Use-of-Federal-Troops-President-Nov.-12-1969.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4a7c3c0e-1911-4c83-9705-56c323f55013\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><strong>Filetype:<\/strong>&nbsp;Legal Memorandum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Uploaded On:<\/strong>&nbsp;February 9, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>File Name:<\/strong>&nbsp;Statutory authority to use federal troops to assist in the protection of the President<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>File Date:<\/strong>&nbsp;Nov. 12, 1969<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To:<\/strong>&nbsp;Honorable Robert E. Jordan, III, General Counsel, Department of the Army<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong>&nbsp;William H. Rehnquist, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Acquired By:<\/strong>&nbsp;Chris Mirasola<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Perma Link:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/MS7G-25F7\">https:\/\/perma.cc\/MS7G-25F7<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This document was acquired by Chris Mirasola from the Department of Justice. Professor Mirasola cites this document in his article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/harvardnsj.org\/2023\/12\/15\/sovereignty-article-ii-and-the-military-during-domestic-unrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sovereignty, Article II, and the Military During Domestic Unrest<\/a>,\u201d published in Volume 15 of the Harvard National Security Journal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Mirasola\u2019s FOIA response is included below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/02\/Mirasola_Reading-Room_FOIA-Response-Letter_Sept.-30-2022.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Mirasola_Reading-Room_FOIA-Response-Letter_Sept.-30-2022.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e80aa388-2843-455c-8f9c-1e31b4cd9bb3\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/02\/Mirasola_Reading-Room_FOIA-Response-Letter_Sept.-30-2022.pdf\">Mirasola_Reading-Room_FOIA-Response-Letter_Sept.-30-2022<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/02\/Mirasola_Reading-Room_FOIA-Response-Letter_Sept.-30-2022.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e80aa388-2843-455c-8f9c-1e31b4cd9bb3\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filetype:&nbsp;Legal Memorandum Uploaded On:&nbsp;February 9, 2024 File Name:&nbsp;Statutory authority to use federal troops to assist in the protection of the President File Date:&nbsp;Nov. 12, 1969 To:&nbsp;Honorable Robert E. 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Professor Mirasola cites this document in his article, \u201cSovereignty, Article II, and the Military During Domestic Unrest,\u201d published in Volume 15 of the Harvard National Security Journal.&nbsp; Professor Mirasola\u2019s FOIA response is included 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