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Posted on 06/12/2025 4:17:51 AM PDT by DFG
Nancy Pelosi might need to read up on the Constitution before going out in public again.
The former House speaker, who twice held the most powerful job in Congress, went before the Washington press corps on Tuesday to mount a full-throated attack on President Donald Trump for using the California National Guard to crack down on rioting in Los Angeles over the objections of Golden State Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
And she made up sections of the Constitution that don’t exist to do it.
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“I hope the president would read Article 10 of the Constitution, and I urge all of you to do that, as well,” Pelosi said, about the 49-second mark. (Note the nodding head in the background.)
“Because section 12046 of Article 10 says that the National Guard cannot be called up by the president without the consent of the governor.”
Well, here’s a news flash for the constitutional scholar from California (and consummate congressional insider-trader): The Constitution has no Article 10.
The foundational document of the United States, which Americans might expect a former House speaker to have a more than passing knowledge of, has only seven articles, ranging from the powers vested in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government to its means of ratification.
What Pelosi was attempting to refer to was Title 10 of the U.S. Code, which deals with the “National Guard in Federal service.”
But even in that, she was wrong, as a passing knowledge of American history would show. In 1965, then-President Lyndon Johnson, a Democrat revered by his party today, did exactly the same thing as Trump.
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Democrats just “say stuff”.
Truth is not important.
Article 2. Trump should use all the executive power available.
As should the other 2 branches. Congress has neutered itself.
According to Google, this is what the old bat is talking about:
“While there isn’t a “12046th article” of the US Constitution, your request likely refers to the section of the10 U.S. Code that pertains to the National Guard in Federal service. This is likely a misunderstanding of how legal documents are numbered. The US Constitution has numbered articles and amendments, not sections numbered in the thousands.
You may be thinking of 10 U.S. Code § 12406, which outlines the circumstances under which the President can call National Guard members and units into Federal service. This can occur during invasion or the threat of invasion by a foreign nation, rebellion against the U.S. government, or when the President cannot enforce U.S. laws with regular forces. When this occurs, the President can order National Guard members and units from any state into Federal service, with orders issued through state governors or the commanding general for the District of Columbia”
In democratese, that’s her “truth”
Forget it,she's on a roll.
Pelosi is yesterday’s news. A ghoul who prefers to drunkenly spew democrat talking points in front of cameras rather than grow old gracefully and lavish love onto her family and grandchildren.
Pelousy is living proof that Reagan was right...”Democrats know so much that isn’t so”.
Wouldn’t it be fascinating to listen to a conversation between Biden and Pelosi….
It is the US press that embarrasses itself daily, by giving these fools an unchallenged national platform.
85 year old in stilletos will trip and split her coconut wide open.
*** Democrats just “say stuff”.
Truth is not important. ***
The stuff they say is always inflammatory and usually a lie. When your base is stupid, and the media is completely on your side, there is no need to care about the truth.
Not surprising, Democrats make up false narratives all the time. For example, the riots are all Trump’s fault.
Not surprising, Democrats make up false narratives all the time. For example, the riots are all Trump’s fault.
BTTT
Yup truth not important to dems like the five coppers killed on Jan 6 th. That has been said by the dems so often it has become the truth.
I’m amazed she crawled out of her martini long enough to say this!
Constitutional Sections Related:
Article II, Section 2: This section designates the President as the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, granting the President authority over the military forces [3].
Article I, Section 8: This section gives Congress the power to raise and support armies, but also includes the power to call forth the militia to execute federal laws, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions. This is relevant because the President may use federal troops or call upon the militia under certain conditions [4].
Article IV, Section 4: This section obligates the United States to protect each state against invasion and, upon request of the state legislature or governor, against domestic violence. This can justify federal intervention in states, including deploying troops [2].
Sources
1 The United States Supreme Court Edited by Christopher Tomlins
2 On the Constitution of the United States by Joseph Story
3 U.S. Constitution for Everyone by Mort Green
4 The Constitution of the United States of America as Amended. Unratified Amendments. Analytical Index by Henry Hyde
5 The Making of America by W. Cleon Skousen
Reminds me of people who insist that 'Article VI says federal laws are the supreme law of the land' (when Article VI actually says something substantially different ;^)...
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