To the dismay of the nation's governors, the White House now will be empowered to go over a governor's head and call up National Guard troops to aid a state in time of natural disasters or other public emergencies. Up to now, governors were the sole commanders in chief of citizen soldiers in local Guard units during emergencies within the state.
This is a disturbing transfer of power from State Governors to the White House.
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As an outcome of the Katrina fiasco, the President's powers over the National Guard have been expanded. I wonder if it could morph into just a more expedient way for them to send troops to Iraq? Either way, it's a disturbing trend. I bet Governor Kaine hates this!
Wouldn't it be amazing if Bush turned out to be the real AntiChrist. How disappoining to all those Christianist zealots who thought he'd brought "God back into the White House".
Most historians agree this means the Federal government cannot infringe on a State's right to keep an army of Reserves - a National Guard. The main controvery is whether it ALSO includes individual rights to bear arms regardless of whether such ownership was "suitable to their conditions and ... allowed by law."
Knowing that Bush only respects the Second Amendment as little as the First, Fourth, or any of the others should be no surpise.