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To: tarheelswamprat
How cleverly disingenuous of you, papertyger, to omit a critical portion of the relevant text...When not called into federal service, the Militia still exist, and they are not under Presidential command at those times.

Hardly. You can hang your hat on a distinction without difference if you want, but that doesn't constitute being disingenuous on my part. If you want to argue the platoon that answers to a captain doesn't have to answer to a general: knock yourself out.

171 posted on 05/30/2005 8:41:12 AM PDT by papertyger
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To: papertyger
Hardly. You can hang your hat on a distinction without difference if you want, but that doesn't constitute being disingenuous on my part. If you want to argue the platoon that answers to a captain doesn't have to answer to a general: knock yourself out.

Another amusing strawman argument. I merely pointed out that what you stated in Post 126 where you said "No military force is allowed in the United States that is not subject to the President of the United States."is incorrect.

What you label as a "distinction without difference" is in fact a distinction specified by the Constitution itself. Now if you wanted to discuss the fact that our modern day application of this Constitutional provision has strayed from the original intention of the Framers of the Constitution, and that the National Guard of today is not the same thing as the Militia referred to in the Constitution, then we might have something to talk about.

180 posted on 05/30/2005 9:06:19 AM PDT by tarheelswamprat (This tagline space for rent - cheap!)
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