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Message Subject LIVE: President Trump URGENT Press Briefing from the White House
Poster Handle Anonymous Coward
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To be clear, Trump can't do shit to force churches/temples/mosques to open. Little thing called the 10th Amendment.

This whole thing today was just a PR stunt.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76577984


More like a nuke and an insult on people’s beliefs. And no he can’t do anything which raises the question what the heck was this about.
 Quoting: @Ohwell


Oh, he can do something. JFK did this something in 1963:

Executive Order 11111 of June 11, 1963

Providing Assistance for the Removal of Obstructions of Justice and Suppression of Unlawful Combinations within the State of Alabama




WHEREAS on June 11, 1963, I issued Proclamation No. 3542, pursuant in part to the provisions of section 334 of Title 10, United States Code; and



WHEREAS the commands contained in that Proclamation have not been obeyed, and the unlawful obstructions of justice and combinations referred to therein continue:



NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including Chapter 15 of Title 10 of the United States Code, particularly sections 332, 333 and 334 thereof, and section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:



Section 1:

The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to take all appropriate steps to remove obstructions of justice in the State of Alabama, to enforce the laws of the United States within that State, including the orders of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama referred to in the said Proclamation, and to suppress unlawful assemblies, combinations, conspiracies and domestic violence which oppose or obstruct the execution of the laws of the United States or impede the course of justice under those laws within that State.



Sec. 2:

In furtherance of the authorization and direction contained in section 1 hereof, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to use such of the Armed Forces of the United States as he may deem necessary.



Sec. 3:

I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of Defense to call into the active military service of the United States, as he may deem appropriate to carry out the purposes of this order, any or all of the units of the Army National Guard and of the Air National Guard of the State of Alabama to serve in the active military service of the United States for an indefinite period and until relieved by appropriate orders. In carrying out the provisions of section 1, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to use the units, and members thereof, called into the active military service of the United States pursuant to this section.



Sec. 4:

The Secretary of Defense is authorized to delegate to the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, or both, any of the authority conferred upon him by this order.

Signature of John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy
The White House,
June 11, 1963.

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