Insurrection Act vs. martial law: What power applies to Trump's April 20 deadline?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : But many of the posts appeared to conflate martial law with the potential invocation of the Insurrection Act of 1807, which was mentioned in a recent executive order.
50% : The report should include "any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be necessary to obtain complete operational control of the southern border, including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807," the executive order said.
50% : In those cases, the Insurrection Act would allow the president to direct federal troops "as he considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the rebellion.
49% : Yin said that when a president uses the Insurrection Act to call on the military to enforce civilian law, "that might seem like 'martial law' to a layperson.
48% : U.S. constitutional protections would not disappear if the Insurrection Act were invoked, Mirasola said.
47% : In 1827, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the authority to decide whether a situation represents an acceptable reason to invoke the Insurrection Act "belongs exclusively to the President.
46% : Experts expressed doubt that the situation at the U.S. southern border constitutes a breakdown or obstruction of federal law that would necessitate the use of the Insurrection Act the way the law was intended.
44% : Advertisement Invoking the Insurrection Act would allow Trump to direct federal military personnel to enforce federal law at the U.S. southern border.
43% : AdvertisementInsurrection Act would allow U.S. military to enforce civilian law Invoking the Insurrection Act temporarily suspends another U.S. law that forbids federal troops from conducting civilian law enforcement.
40% : Edelson said the Insurrection Act "does not allow the president to completely replace regular authorities with military authority.
34% : "I just learned about this executive order (section 6-b) which says Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 on April 20th which will (amount) to declaring martial law," a Reddit user posted March 19.
34% : For that reason, Mirasola said he could see no legal or constitutional basis for Trump to declare martial law to control the southern border, which "is not an area of active hostilities, notwithstanding how the administration continues to talk about the actions of cartels.
32% : " Advertisement Experts said Trump's suggestions about using military powers could be one reason for the martial law speculation: In October, Trump said "radical left lunatics" in the U.S. "should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military."
31% : They said they do not see a clear path for Trump to lawfully implement martial law in the way it's commonly understood.
28% : In June 2020, during nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd, Trump said if governors didn't deploy the National Guard to sufficiently "dominate the streets," he would order the U.S. military to "quickly solve the problem for them." By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact staff writer.
26% : (Trump has not publicly discussed martial law.)

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