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To: fwdude
My question is, why hasn’t the Oklahoma state guard (or the equivalent) been activated for war?

Because the President can take over the state guard "to execute the Laws of the Union." (U.S. Const., Art. I, sec. 8, cl. 15). The last time I can remember where a state refused to enforce a federal court order was when the federal courts ordered the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The federal judge sent U.S. Marshals to enforce the order; the Governor called out the National Guard to block them; so President Eisenhower federalized the National Guard and the school was desegregated.

42 posted on 01/14/2014 3:11:51 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

Then we need to un-federalize the guard.


43 posted on 01/14/2014 3:15:30 PM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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