Excerpt from a very informative link posted below:
Protecting a state against invasion may also help to preserve republican government for the state and forestall domestic violence within its territory. But the obligation of the federal government to protect against invasion is separate, distinct and independent from the other obligations contained in the conjunctive list set forth in Article IV, Section 4. The federal government is obligated to protect each state against invasion in every case, whenever a state is invaded in fact, or threatened with invasion. The duty is unconditional.
The Guarantee Against Invasion Is Fundamental
From the first, the Founders clearly saw that protection against external threats of invasion is a fundamental responsibility of government. Indeed, one of the most important reasons they formed our government was to provide a protective common defense against invasion. As they stated in Article III of the Articles of Confederation:
“The said [thirteen] States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever. (Article III)
Under the Articles of Confederation, the U.S. Congress had the “right and power of determining on peace and war,” and hence the obligation to protect each of the states from invasion. (Article IX, paragraph 1.) The Articles were signed in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It soon became apparent that, for a variety of reasons, the form of government established by the Articles of Confederation was insufficiently vigorous to effectively protect the interests of the United States and the rights of its citizens.
In 1787, the Founders returned to Philadelphia to “form a more perfect union” under a new Constitution that was designed to provide a more effective system of government for the nation than the one provided by the Articles of Confederation, a Constitution that, according to its Preamble, could better “insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty,” a constitutional government that could, among other things, more effectively protect the states against invasion.
The Guarantee Covers All Invasions
“Without some indication to the contrary, general words (like all words, general or not) [that are contained in any legal instrument] are to be accorded their full and fair scope. They are not to be arbitrarily limited.” (Scalia & Garner, at 101.) The full and fair scope of the general word “invasion” in Section 4 of Article IV includes any unwanted unlawful entry that harms or threatens to harm the interests of the state or states invaded and the citizens therein. Section 4 contains no indication to the contrary, i.e., it contains no
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I’d ask how are they going to protect USA from invasion, if not for the military. Too many laws and policies are blinding the People in regards to using their OWN military.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4204458/posts?page=1
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S GUARANTEE TO PROTECT THE STATES AGAINST INVASION
americarenewing.com ^ | JANUARY 10, 2022 | Center for Renewing America
Posted on 12/19/2023, 11:10:26 AM by bitt
The federal government has willfully abandoned its duty to defend the states – and the citizens who reside within them – from the ongoing invasion. However, states possess the authority, right now, to remedy Washington’s abrogation of its Guarantee Clause obligations.
” I’d ask how are they going to protect USA from invasion, if not for the military. Too many laws and policies are blinding the People in regards to using their OWN military.”
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Spot on.
Is it the US Courts who have served as the infantry for Federal departmental license? Or is it visa versa? DOD has lost it’s muscle to serve it’s higher purpose. The “tippy top” of the department are as useless as Biden in the White House, commanding nothing.
The Courts are out of control in reducing the power of the people. J6 may have been (IDKnow) an ordinary peaceful event, but a noisy assembly, so the Federales saw need to used rubbber bullets, tear gas and activist loud mouths to remove the Peace of the assembly.
The People are being framed in the same pattern as TRUMP. He is leading the people’s experience.
I’d ask how are they going to protect USA from invasion, if not for the military. Too many laws and policies are blinding the People in regards to using their OWN military.
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Thanks for all the information. This is why we need the real Commander in Chief back in the WH.