President Donald Trump ’s takeover of the Washington, D.C., police department will temporarily reduce the district’s autonomy.

Trump can more easily take over the Metropolitan Police Department than he can suspend the district’s home rule because ending home rule requires congressional action. Home rule is the authority by which district residents can vote for local government members and the mayor.

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The president can determine that “special conditions of an emergency nature exist which require the use” of a federal takeover under Section 740 o

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