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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.
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.