That statement is not correct. The NG is under the Governor's command. Not the President's. The Guard does not fall under the President's command until it has been federalized...with the approval of the state. 9/11 does not apply here because that was a matter of National Security, and Guard assets used immediately after the initial strikes were Guard assets already assigned the role. No Guard troops were deployed without the direct coordination and approval of the Governors in command of those Guard units.
Do you have a link to a source about all this? I'd like to read up on it so I can have this argument properly.
Thanks for your reply. I'm pinging podkane, as those words you quoted were from podkane.
You said the state had to approve the federalization of the National Guard.
In 1962, President Kennedy nationalized (by executive order) the Mississippi National Guard in preparation for the admittance of James Meredith to the Univ Of Mississippi.
Kennedy was concerned that Gov Ross Barnett would actively use the Guard to keep Meredith from registering for classes there.
In 1962, there was no way that Barnett or the Legislature would have allowed this to happen.
Have laws changed since then that prohibits the President from nationalizing Guard units w/o state approval?