StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎Sep 5, 2025
The lawsuit alleges the president’s unilateral deployment of National Guard troops from other states to patrol the city without the mayor’s consent violates the #HomeRuleAct, which gives Washington residents control over local affairs Actually took longer than expected www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

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D.C. sues Trump administration over National Guard presence

The city of Washington, D.C., sued the Trump administration Thursday over its deployment of the National Guard from other states to the nation’s capital

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StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎Aug 15, 2025
Trump's claims over how he can overrule Congress to continue his federal DC takeover by declaring a national emergency unravel against the #HomeRuleAct facts and legal issues, as he threatens to potentially take over the rest of the blue cities across the nation. youtu.be/mWpSH8lA23A?...

Trump's Emergency Plan UNRAVEL...
Trump's Emergency Plan UNRAVELS With Alarming Congress Declaration On Stage

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Show threadbeSpacificAug 11, 2025
3) Under city’s #HomeRuleAct, #president can take over #DC #police for up to 30 days by declaring “special conditions of an #emergency nature exist.” After that time, police would revert to local control unless #Congress passes a law allow a longer period of federal control. #trump has been functioning without #congressional #oversight since Jan 2025. There is no #congressional engagement #military #militarization #EpsteinFiles #coverup #GhislaineMaxwell
Show threadNonilexAug 6, 2025

"If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, & quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City," #Trump added.

Trump’s latest threat to take over #WashingtonDC came after he learned that #ElonMusk protégé & former #DOGE staffer known as #BigBalls was injured in an attempted carjacking Sunday morning in #DC.

#law #democracy #Constitution #ArticleOne #HomeRuleAct #DCstatehood

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-1/section-8/clause-17

https://dccouncil.gov/dc-home-rule/

Clause XVII

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NonilexAug 6, 2025

#Trump threatens to take over #WashingtonDC governance

Trump said on Tues the #FederalGovernment could take control of #Washington, #DC if the local govt "doesn't get its act together," with his comments coming in a social media post complaining about crime in the #US capital.

"The Law in DC must be changed to prosecute these 'minors' as adults, & lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14," Trump posted.

#law #democracy #Constitution #ArticleOne #HomeRuleAct
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-threatens-take-over-washington-dcs-governance-2025-08-05/

MJ MuseFeb 15, 2023
GOP Georgia congressman Andrew Clyde wants to end local government in D.C. - Axios Washington D.C. https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2022/07/20/town-talker-dc-foe-in-andrew-clyde A congressional takeover. Clyde has said he's drafting legislation to repeal the #HomeRuleAct the 1973 law that enshrined local autonomy for D.C.
“These are issues we can all agree on,” he says. “Let’s make our city safe again.”
In addition to an abortion ban, Clyde said he wants to institute a law allowing D.C. residents to carry handguns without a permit. #TooManyGuns
Town Talker: Meet D.C.’s new worst foe in Congress

Clyde has floated banning abortion, bringing red state-style gun laws like permitless carry, and abolishing the mayor’s office in the deep blue city.

Axios Washington D.C.