Yes I understand all that but with $$$ comes some measure of control!
See post 63 Sauron has a better handle on those federal acts then I do.
Also, it was Reagan not Bush I who got into a fight with the Maas guv over deploying the Mass NG unit to Central America. I misremembered that! I think the court decision reinforced federal control.
So, if Xiden federalized them and they refused to stand down, they could be court martialed. If they refuse to tear down the wire again court martialed for disobeying a lawful order. Made particularly lawful by the stupid USSC ruling.
If we look at the intent of militias from the Federalist papers, it was because of a distrust of standing armies and tyrants taking control of the military.
To limit standing armies, the Framers required Congress to reauthorize funding for the army every two years, just in case a tyrant tried to use the army in ways against American interests.
The state appointment of officers in the militia were to prevent a Commander-in-chief from using the militia from one state to attack another state.
The Constitutional protection of states against invasion was originally out of fear that larger states would invade smaller states. It would be the duty of neighboring states to protect each other from an aggressive state. It was also born out of fear that a state would use alien residents to increase its population to make it more powerful than its neighbors.
See my post on this discussing James Madison's writings in Federalist #43.
-PJ