Blue States Should Seriously Consider ALL Options to Disband Their State's National Guard Units.
Although every state has one, there is no federal requirement that they do.
And since Trump is repeatedly violating federal law by using such units to be deployed for domestic "law enforcement" duties, the governors of California, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania (the largest states with Democratic governors) should consult with their AGs and legislatures and disband their state's National Guard units as soon as possible.
Since states have rarely needed their Guard units to quell domestic disturbances, those states can easily replace the duties of the Guard to help with natural disasters by other means.
That might not stop Trump from federalizing, say, Ohio's National Guard or South Carolina's. But Republican voters in such Red States will tire of Trump's tractics pretty quick due to the strain such deployments put on Guard members and their families when Guard members are sent to San Francisco or Seattle to plant flowers and pick up trash as they were doing in D.C.
And since Trump is repeatedly violating federal law by using such units to be deployed for domestic "law enforcement" duties, the governors of California, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania (the largest states with Democratic governors) should consult with their AGs and legislatures and disband their state's National Guard units as soon as possible.
Since states have rarely needed their Guard units to quell domestic disturbances, those states can easily replace the duties of the Guard to help with natural disasters by other means.
That might not stop Trump from federalizing, say, Ohio's National Guard or South Carolina's. But Republican voters in such Red States will tire of Trump's tractics pretty quick due to the strain such deployments put on Guard members and their families when Guard members are sent to San Francisco or Seattle to plant flowers and pick up trash as they were doing in D.C.
36-40, F
