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[CITE: 10USC333]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
                        CHAPTER 15--INSURRECTION
 
Sec. 333. Interference with State and Federal law

    The President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or 
by any other means, shall take such measures as he considers necessary 
to suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful 
combination, or conspiracy, if it--
        (1) so hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of 
    the United States within the State, that any part or class of its 
    people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection 
    named in the Constitution and secured by law, and the constituted 
    authorities of that State are unable, fail, or refuse to protect 
    that right, privilege, or immunity, or to give that protection; or
        (2) opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United 
    States or impedes the course of justice under those laws.

In any situation covered by clause (1), the State shall be considered to 
have denied the equal protection of the laws secured by the 
Constitution.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 15.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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333...................................  50:203.                              R.
S. 5299.
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    The words ``armed forces'' are substituted for the words ``land or 
naval forces of the United States''. The word ``shall'' is substituted 
for the words ``it shall be lawful for * * * and it shall be his duty''.


                               Derivation

    Act Apr. 20, 1871, ch. 22, Sec. 3, 17 Stat. 14.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 5 section 6323.
