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The legislation would prohibit the governor from releasing any unit or member of the New Hampshire National Guard into “active duty combat” unless specific constitutional requirements is met.

The legislation would prohibit the governor or any other person from ordering a member of the state militia, including National Guard members, from being deployed "into active service to a combat zone outside the state or to perform a duty for the purpose of supporting an armed conflict outside of the United States, no matter where that duty is performed," without authorization by the United States Congress declaring war or calling forth the militia under Article 1, Section 8, Constitu...

The Arizona Senate passed the Defend the Guard Act, a bill that would empower the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s National Guard troops.

The legislation would prohibit the governor from ordering any unit or member of the Georgia National Guard into “active duty combat” or combat support operations unless Congress has passed an official declaration of war or has taken an official action under article I, § 8, clause 15 of the Constitution to explicitly call forth the Georgia National Guard or any member thereof to execute the laws of the United States, repel an invasion, or suppress an insurrection.

He legislation would prohibit the governor from ordering any unit or member of the Georgia National Guard into “active duty combat” or combat support operations unless Congress has passed an official declaration of war or has taken an official action under article I, § 8, clause 15 of the Constitution to explicitly call forth the Georgia National Guard or any member thereof to execute the laws of the United States, repel an invasion, or suppress an insurrection.

Invocation of the Insurrection Act in response to Texas' obstruction of CBP agents at the U.S.-Mexico border would be inappropriate.

A second Arizona Senate committee passed a bill that would require the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would take a step toward restoring the founders’ framework for a state-federal balance under the Constitution.

Last week, a Maryland House committee held a hearing on a bill that would require the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s National Guard troops.

A bill filed in the Rhode Island House would require the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would take a big step toward restoring the founders’ framework for a state-federal balance under the Constitution.

Titled the Defend the Guard Act, the legislation would prohibit the governor from releasing the Arizona National Guard into “active duty combat” unless “The United States Congress passes an official declaration of war” or takes an official action pursuant to article I, section 8, clause 15, United States constitution, that calls on the national guard to expressly execute the laws of the union, repel an invasion or suppress an insurrection.