CHARLESTON – A House of Delegates resolution that would create an amendment to the state Constitution ensuring only United States citizens can vote in West Virginia elections is now with the state Senate.House Joint Resolution 21 passed on a 96-0 vote February 6.
West Virginia Bill Would Set Foundation to Block Unconstitutional National Guard Deployments
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (Feb. 18, 2021) – A bill introduced in the West Virginia House would empower 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.
Del. Pat McGeehan (R-Hancock) and Del. William Anderson (R-Wood) introduced House Bill 2138 (HB2138) on Feb. 10. The legislation would prohibit the governor from releasing the West Virginia National Guard into “active duty combat” unless “the United States Congress has passed an official declaration of war or has taken an official action pursuant to Article I, § 8, Clause 15 of the United States Constitution to explicitly call forth the West Virginia National Guard and any member thereof for the enumerated purposes to expressly execute the laws of the u