What’s stopping Trump from using the Insurrection Act in Minnesota?

Published January 23, 2026 5:15am ET



President Donald Trump recently flirted with invoking the Insurrection Act again. This time, it was over the anti-ICE protests and some unrest in Minnesota. However, a different act of Congress could stand in his way.

“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Jan. 15.

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