Precedents for a President to use federal troops to maintain order when city and state leaders will not

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on this podcast and the next, i'll look at two presidents in my lifetime that used federal troops to stop rioting and restore law and order when state and local leaders would not. The president has the authority to nationalize state national guard units to protect life and property from rioters. He can also send in federal troops. under certain circumstance , like rioting . today we go back to 1957 and the ?Little Rock, Arkansas desegregation crisis .