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Originally Posted by Freiwillige
I don't understand why they need federal troops at all. The Arizona national guard is big enough to do the job. are they controlled at the federal level or by the Local government? If federal then why have a state national guard in the first place?
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The National Guard is under the control of the Governor of the state (Title 31 U.S.C) unless called to national service under Title 10 U.S.C. by the US Congress (Article I, Section 8; para 15 of the Constitution). When the Congress calls them up for National Service, only then does the President of the United States become their commander (Article II Section 2).
Pub.L. 109-364 passed in 2007 gives the POTUS the authority to take control of a States national guard without the permission of the Governor.
This was, in my opinion a "Bad Thing" and clearly I was not the only one who thought so
However, In 2008, this was modified by Pub.L. 110-181 so that now the POTUS can only take command of the State's national guard during "Congressionally sanctioned national emergency or war."
That's better
