This is interesting, considering the insurrection at the Capitol. We did call it an insurrection, didn't we? Well, did you know who the Constitution gives authority to to put down insurrections? It uses that very word. It specifies that Congress has power "To . . . suppress insurrections."
That's found in Article I, Section 8, as it lists all the powers of Congress.
Doesn't that mean that when they were under attack, they should have been the ones calling for the National Guard, or whoever, to come in and protect them? They should have taken a vote authorizing -- demanding, if you will -- that the president immediately send them help.
It's not a well-known provision of the Constitution, but it's there, the same.
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