<h1>Federal deployment of Guard and agents in capital raises constitutional, First Amendment, and civil-liberties questions under 10 U.S.C. §§251-255</h1> Federal officials have deployed National Guard and federal law-enforcement personnel to assume control of local policing in the capital, prompting increased arrests, neighborhood confrontations, and allegations of militarised policing and suppression of expressive conduct. The administration's actions raise legal questions about federal authority over municipal police, the constitutional limits on use of armed federal forces for domestic law enforcement, potential First Amendment implications from removal of protest materials, and civil-liberties risks from masked agents. Extending formal federal control of the city police would require congressional authorization, though executive officials assert discretionary presidential power to continue the operation.