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How is the Pentagon able to call the National Guard up for active duty as they did in 2003[1] and other occasions if they are separate from the Federal armed fo
by Ensorceled 11y ago
How is the Pentagon able to call the National Guard up for active duty as they did in 2003[1] and other occasions if they are separate from the Federal armed forces?
[1] https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2003/10/ng-o04.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2003/10/ng-o04.html
- notacoward 11y agoThey are separate in the sense that they are raised, trained, funded, etc. by the state government. The fact that operational control is ceded to the federal government in times of war doesn't change that. The US military can't call up a unit that doesn't exist, or that no longer responds to its orders due to a constitutional crisis. The Second Amendment implication is that the federal government may not prevent the formation of a separate state militia. What happens after that is irrelevant to this discussion.