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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by billfor on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @10:59AM (#44237618)
Johnson also called up the guard in '65, without the governor requesting. So is your issue state sovereignty? I say without bias. Just trying to understand the point. If Newsome asked Trump for the guard you would then be OK with it?

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/nx-s1-5428352/johnson-nationa...

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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by dragonwriter on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @11:45AM (#44238239)
> Johnson also called up the guard in '65, without the governor requesting.

After invoking the Insurrection Act, correct.

> So is your issue state sovereignty?

In part, but more specifically, my issues are both the substantive issues of policy and the relevant federal law.

The latter is simpler: 10 USC § 12406, which Trump has relied exclusively on in federalizing the Guard, explictly does not (unlike the Insurrection Act, which allows federalizing any part of the universal militia, including but not limited to the Guard when its conditions are met) allow bypassing the Governor. And no provision of law, absent the Insurrection Act, allows deploying regular federal forces, with or without the Governor, for any civilian enforcement mission, however limited.

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