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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.
The Tennessee Defend the Guard Act needs a Senate sponsor by Thursday, Feb. 1 at 9 a.m. central, or the House bill will die. Follow the action steps in this post to help move the bill forward!