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To: Lurking Libertarian

Maybe, but I prefer the older system where the “State Militia/National Guard” were accountable to the State Governors, not the US President, directly. Federalism-REAL federalism should be the rule in our system, not the exception.


60 posted on 02/12/2015 5:08:45 PM PST by JSDude1
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To: JSDude1
Alabama Constitution

The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the militia and volunteer forces of this state, except when they shall be called into the service of the United States, and he may call out the same to execute the laws, suppress insurrection, and repel invasion, but need not command in person unless directed to do so by resolution of the legislature; and when acting in the service of the United States, he shall appoint his staff, and the legislature shall fix his rank.

http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/CodeOfAlabama/Constitution/1901/CA-245668.htm


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61 posted on 02/12/2015 5:58:30 PM PST by Ray76 (Obama says, "Unlike my mum, Ruth has all the documents needed to prove who Mark's father was.")
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To: JSDude1
Maybe, but I prefer the older system where the “State Militia/National Guard” were accountable to the State Governors, not the US President, directly.

What "older system"? The President has had the power to take over the State Militia/ National Guard since 1789. Read the U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 8, clause 15, and Article II, section 2, clause 1. The first time a President used this power was when George Washington federalized the Pennsylvania Militia in 1794 to enforce the federal whiskey tax.

66 posted on 02/13/2015 10:04:51 AM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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