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That would be contrary to the whole spirit of Federalism. It would be like every EU country having a separate department of internal affairs which reports direc
by msla 6y ago
That would be contrary to the whole spirit of Federalism. It would be like every EU country having a separate department of internal affairs which reports directly to Brussels, except, perhaps, even more politically inflammatory. I'm not saying I necessarily disagree with you, just noting that there's a big wall in the path of implementing the concept.
- triceratops 6y agoGP said internal affairs could report to state governors.
- msla 6y agoI think they edited their post.
- pjc50 6y agoThe US is a single country with a single military.
- ethbr0 6y ago> The US is a single country with a single military. Not... entirely accurate. Many states possess their own military forces [0], and state National Guard units are dual-chained to both state and national military leadership [1] (in different scenarios). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_defense_force#Active_state_defense_forces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_defense_force#Active_sta... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard#National_Guard_active_duty_character https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard#N...
- sokoloff 6y agoThat big wall being the tenth amendment to the Constitution.