Constitutional Law
Jun. 16, 2025
When the military meets the streets it's a dangerous step toward autocracy
The deployment of military forces to Los Angeles amid peaceful protests lacks constitutional or statutory justification and raises serious concerns about potential autocratic overreach.
Dan Jacobson
Attorney
Phone: (714) 505-4872
Email: dlj@jacobsonlawyers.com
Dan Jacobson is a practicing attorney in Tustin; a law professor-emeritus; a retired Governor of the California Insurance Guarantee Association, having been appointed to that position by Congressman John Garamendi, when Congressman Garamendi was California's Insurance Commission; and, a recently retired member of California's Board of Accountancy, having been appointed to that position by Assembly-Speaker Anthony Rendon.
The use of armed forces for domestic purposes raises concerns
that President Donald Trump may be approaching a point where the balance of
power in the constitutional republic risks shifting toward autocracy. As Gov.
Gavin Newsom stated in his televised address on June 10: "The moment we've
feared has arrived."
Peaceful protests against ICE raids have been occurring in Los Angeles since Saturday, June 7, following an ...
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