Military Involvement in Domestic Affairs

This chapter examines the troubling effects of a presidential memorandum permitting military deployment for civil unrest management, reflecting on historical and current implications for civil-military relations in the U.S. It discusses the normalization of military presence in domestic situations, particularly concerning immigration and policing, highlighting the strategic framing of these issues. The conversation raises concerns about the erosion of democratic checks on executive power and the socio-economic impacts of aggressive deportation and policing tactics targeting urban immigrant communities.