People keep talking about “Federalizing the National Guard” and now you’ve got other States pledging their NG to Texas in defiance of the Supreme Court (see image).

So is this what CW2 looks like?

P.S. I’m a Brit

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I don’t see how the national guard isn’t already federal, it’s the national guard, not the state guard. They get called up just like regular military for wars.

    Cut off their money, court martial them, dishonorable discharge, take away their guns and vehicles. These belong to the military, not Texas.

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      9 months ago

      National Guard listens to the state by default, as each state has its own National Guard. However, the federal government can intervene at any time and give them new orders.

      I guess they’re just choosing not to do anything? IDK.

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      The national guard is part of the military, so funded and supported by the feds. Unlike normal army units though, each state or territory has its own national guard unit under the command of the governor. The intention is to give each state the power to quickly respond to emergency situations without needing federal approval. They’re the successors to the old state militias, but have much stronger federal ties now.

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        Unlike normal army units though, each state or territory has its own national guard unit under the command of the governor.

        What’s the chain of command?

        Does it stop at the Governor, or does it go from the Governor to the President?

        Do they swear an allegiance to the state Constitution, or to the Federal Constitution?

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          They swear allegiance to the federal constitution, the governor, and the president. With the president being CIC and having power over the governor and the constitution having power overall. So in theory, the governor cannot give you orders that defy the president, and not even the president can give force you to comply with an unlawful order. It would take some serious stones to defy orders though

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      That same separation is what prevented Trump from sending in the national guard to Detroit and Oregon just because he disagreed with the protests there.

      The intent to give the peoples of the state further say in the use of force in the state.