The Governor can call the Guard to State Active Duty, but the President can mobilize them to Active Federal Service, thereby removing them from state control. It’s been done before during the Civil Rights Era. They can be sent to barracks, or held at their mobilization station under Federal control.
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I like the sound of this.
But it makes me wonder: Why wasn’t this being mentioned when some of the state governors said they would not allow their NG troops be used for border enforcement duties?
I thought Trump had called for some NG troops to be used for the border.
The President, as CinC could very easily called their bluff and Federalized the Guard units he wanted. There was probably a better way to humble those blowhard Governors/TAG’s...witholding Federal funding for their pet state projects for instance. Playing chicken at that level is a bloody art.