militia
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The Constitution gives Congress the power “to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel Invasions.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025
Those cases interpreted the Militia Acts of 1795 and 1807, which broadly empowered the president to “call forth” the militia to counter an insurrection or rebellion “as he shall think proper.”
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
Appeared in the October 7, 2025, print edition as 'Sudanese Militia Leader Convicted'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
The painting’s original name is Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq - but it became known as The Night Watch, in the 18th Century.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024
Alarmed at the deteriorating conditions, he called in the six-thousand-member Fourth Regiment of the Illinois Militia to bring things back under control.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing militia
The Bill of Rights
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Fighting Words: Belli and Milit
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