'Democracy requires justice and healing in our neighborhoods, not military domination on our streets,' writes Jeremi Suri for CNNOpinion
Jeremi Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is a professor of history and public affairs. He is the author and editor of nine books, most recently"The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office." The views expressed here are his. Read more opinion on CNN.
President Trump's brandishing of the US military this week -- particularly his threat Monday to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 -- proves his cowardly and undemocratic proclivities. Instead of working with governors and other domestic leaders to address the obvious anger and hurt throughout the country, he would prefer to hide in the White House, spewing aggressive rhetoric behind the uniforms of men and women who signed up for foreign duty -- none of whom surely wish to find themselves pointing their weapons at their fellow citizens.
Jeffrey Toobin breaks down the Insurrection Act 03:13In the aftermath of the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision to desegregate all schools, Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson reluctantly deployed limited military force to protect the rights of African American citizens as they attended schools and marched peacefully.President Johnson sent federal soldiers to numerous cities in 1968, but with the consent of state authorities.
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