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Huh, interesting! We do have the National Guard (confusingly named, state-based organizations under the governor of that state)

Ancapistani 5y ago
Some US states also have militias that are wholly controlled by the state and not able to be called up by the federal goverment. I’m familiar with the Virginia Defense Force off the top of my head: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Defense_Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Defense_Force
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > Some US states also have militias that are wholly controlled by the state and not able to be called up by the federal goverment. Since the unorganized, universal militia can be called up by the federal government, in any groupings or manner Congress chooses to adopt, that's not true. Some states have organized militia or military reserve forces that aren't part of the federal military reserve system the way the National Guard is, though.
  - Ancapistani 5y ago
    Nope - the state militias are exempted from service in the federal military, including via the draft: > A defense force established under this section may be used within the jurisdiction concerned, as its chief executive (or commanding general in the case of the District of Columbia) considers necessary, but it may not be called, ordered, or drafted into the armed forces. Military members aren’t allowed to join them for that reason. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/32/109 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/32/109
    - dragonwriter 5y ago
      > the state militias are exempted from service in the federal military ...by act of Congress, which is reversible by act of Congress, which is exactly what it would take to actually activate a draft anyway. Constitutionally they are just as subject to Congress power to call forth the militia as anyone else.

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Huh, interesting! We do have the National Guard (confusingly named, state-based organizations under the governor of that state)

by NoImmatureAdHom 5y ago

Ancapistani 5y ago
Some US states also have militias that are wholly controlled by the state and not able to be called up by the federal goverment. I’m familiar with the Virginia Defense Force off the top of my head: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Defense_Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Defense_Force
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > Some US states also have militias that are wholly controlled by the state and not able to be called up by the federal goverment. Since the unorganized, universal militia can be called up by the federal government, in any groupings or manner Congress chooses to adopt, that's not true. Some states have organized militia or military reserve forces that aren't part of the federal military reserve system the way the National Guard is, though.
  - Ancapistani 5y ago
    Nope - the state militias are exempted from service in the federal military, including via the draft: > A defense force established under this section may be used within the jurisdiction concerned, as its chief executive (or commanding general in the case of the District of Columbia) considers necessary, but it may not be called, ordered, or drafted into the armed forces. Military members aren’t allowed to join them for that reason. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/32/109 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/32/109
    - dragonwriter 5y ago
      > the state militias are exempted from service in the federal military ...by act of Congress, which is reversible by act of Congress, which is exactly what it would take to actually activate a draft anyway. Constitutionally they are just as subject to Congress power to call forth the militia as anyone else.