Legal Experts Prepare for Potential Trump Misuse of Presidential Power

Fears grow over potential military misuse in the event of Trump's reelection in 2024.

Legal experts are preparing to challenge any potential efforts by Donald Trump to expand presidential power and use the military to enforce his political agenda, should he be reelected in 2024.
Trump's comments about dictatorship and his devaluation of checks and balances have sparked fears that he would convert the nonpartisan U.S. military into the arm of his political agenda.
Public interest groups and lawmakers are devising plans to try to foil any efforts to expand presidential power, which could include pressuring the military to cater to Trump's political needs.
Among the tools available to a president is the Insurrection Act, which gives a president considerable discretion in deciding what constitutes an uprising and when it is OK to deploy active-duty military in response.
Democratic lawmakers are working on legislation that would clarify the Insurrection Act and give Congress and the courts some say in its use.