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PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION 10 U.S. Code § 251 to 254b - Renumbered §§ 240a to 240f] [and] Federal aid for State governments U.S. Code [§§ 251 to 254b. Renumbered §§ 240a to 240f] § 251. Federal aid for State governments Whenever there is an insurrection in any State against its government, the President may, upon the request of its legislature or of its governor if the legislature cannot be convened, call into Federal service such of the militia of the other States, in the number requested by that State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to suppress the insurrection. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 15, § 331; renumbered § 251, Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497.) Section 252 of the Constitution allows the President to call into Federal service the militia of any State or use the armed forces to enforce federal laws or suppress rebellion when unlawful activities impede the enforcement of federal law in a state1 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10